Davidtz was inspired by Terrence Malick films like "Badlands" and "Days of Heaven," and the young girls' narrations, as well as Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun," in which the end of a colonial ...

Embeth Davidtz was a hard-working actress, and then she found her voice as a writer/director. Thanks to a cancelled series, ...

The film tells the story of Rhodesia’s transformation from British colony into the independent nation of Zimbabwe through a ...

Embeth Davidtz told UPI her memories from working with Steven Spielberg and Robert Altman influenced her own directorial ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with actor Embeth Davidtz about her directorial debut, "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight." It's an ...

Discovery Lexi Venter anchors Davidtz's impressionistic adaptation of a memoir of rural life during the Rhodesian Bush War.

It took Embeth Davidtz six years to bring "Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight" to the big screen. It's based on a 2001 memoir by Alexandra Fuller spanning more than two decades, beginning when she is ...

When Embeth Davidtz wanted to adapt “Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight,” Alexandra Fuller’s bestselling 2001 memoir about living in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with her white farming family ...

The film is an adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s best-selling 2001 memoir of the same name. Embeth Davidtz said she related to the story, having grown up as a white child in South Africa during ...

Embeth Davidtz is excited to see her family proud of her hard work. Speaking with PEOPLE about Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs ...

Writer-director Embeth Davidtz offers a beguiling film inspired by Alexandra Fuller’s 2001 memoir about her childhood in southern Africa during the 1980s, when British families like hers were the ...

When Embeth Davidtz wanted to adapt “Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight,” Alexandra Fuller’s bestselling 2001 memoir about living in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with her white farming family ...