We spoke to the actor, director and screenwriter about her bold behind-the-camera debut "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" ...

Embeth Davidtz tells PEOPLE about observing the work of great directors as an actress and what she took with her when making ...

Biltong, good old Chappies chewing gum and Willards chips are some of writer, actor and director Embeth Davidtz’s favourite South African snacks.

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 ...

Though not perfect, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight is, by most measures, a rousing success and an impressive debut for ...

Embeth Davidtz directs child discovery Lexi Venter in 'Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight,' an adaptation of Alexandra Fuller's memoir. Review.

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

In her screenplay, Davidtz zeroed in on the portion of the book when 8-year-old Bobo (Lexi Vinter) is living on her parents' farm in Rhodesia, the former Zimbabwe. As the country's 1980 prime minister ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Embeth Davidtz was a hard-working actress, and then she found her voice as a writer/director. Thanks to a cancelled series, she tells IndieWire, she was able to pull the time and money together ...