The Bang Bang Club Page #5

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You just won the Pulitzer Prize.

What?

You just won the Pulitzer Prize.

- Can you hear me?

- F***.

- Guys.

- Ke... Kevin?

Nancy. Tell them...

Tell them what you just told me.

I won a Pulitzer.

Kevin?

I knew that when...

when I was taking it,

there was something special, yeah.

Do you have a name for the picture?

I don't name my pictures,

but my friends, they, uh, they named it

The Budgie Picture.

Kevin, many of our readers

have asked about the fate

of the young girl.

The fate?

What happened to the little girl, Kevin?

I... I don't know exactly...

- She...

- Did you chase the vulture away, Kevin?

Yeah, the vulture, yeah... After...

- After I got the, uh, picture...

- But did you physically help her?

- The girl?

- Yeah.

- Not physically.

- Kevin, you didn't pick her up?

That's not his job.

Since when are journalists exempt

from helping people?

I'm not saying I'm exempt

from helping people.

- I think my picture did more than that.

- Why not just make sure she was safe?

Kevin, no one is saying

you shouldn't have taken the photo.

Did you just leave her in the desert

to die, Kevin?

And you see no problem

with the choice you made?

I don't see a problem with the choice.

I went there as a photographer.

I took a great photograph.

Do you really think you did

the right thing?

- You could've done something further.

- What about saving this little girl?

- You don't know what happened?

- But why not just pick up the child?

We need to go.

Why didn't you just tell them the truth?

I told them the truth.

No, you change the story every time.

Leave it alone.

It's an amazing f***ing picture.

Okay.

Greg.

They're right, you know.

Who?

All of them.

All of the people that

say that it's our job

to sit there and watch people die.

They're right.

That's not me.

Yes, it is.

It's in your head, Kev, not mine.

I'm not alone.

The South African government

and the African National Congress

have agreed to set a date for South

Africa's first non-racial election.

Today's announcement did little,

however, to stop the violence

which continues to threaten

South Africa's townships.

In an attempt to control the violence,

the two parties also unveiled

a new peacekeeping force.

The newly formed

National Peacekeeping Force,

deployed for the first time

in the townships,

clearly unable to cope

with the high level of violence.

They spent most of the day

hiding under their vehicles.

One man was shot in the leg

by his own comrades.

So how was New York, Jim?

- Yeah, it was good, man. Yeah.

- When did you get in?

Yesterday.

So, what do you guys do

when this is all over?

Well, if this war actually ends,

we're really screwed.

I can't go back

to shooting circumcisions.

What, not enough blood?

No, I'm done with newspapers.

It's magazine features for me now.

I'm getting an appetizer.

You guys want a round?

- Mm.

- Sure.

Thanks Jim.

Times sends him all over the world.

Northern Ireland, Bosnia.

All the shitholes.

That's what I want to do.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

It's a tough gig, eh?

Here you go, Joao.

- Okay.

- Thanks.

So I was thinking of going

to this big ANC rally tomorrow.

How about you guys?

Yeah. Their cause has been cooking

for the last couple of days.

Okay, well let's do it. Can I tag along?

- Of course.

- Jimmy, you don't have to ask.

- Okay.

- Cheers.

- Thanks, guys.

- Yeah. Cheers.

So Kevin.

What do you think

makes a photograph great?

Um...

Kevin?

I uh...

I don't know, really.

You take the picture

and you see what you have later.

But, uh... But maybe

what makes a great picture

is one that asks a question, you know?

It's not just a spectacle,

it's more than that.

And I think...

I think mine was like that

and Greg's too.

You go out and you see bad things,

evil things

and you want to do something about it,

so what you do

is you take the picture that shows it.

- Jeez. Jeez, man.

- F***.

But not everybody is gonna like

what they see.

You have to understand that

they might want to shoot the messenger.

Now I'm sure you're aware

of all the controversy that surrounds

the photograph of the vulture

and the child

and a lot of people are asking

a lot of questions.

This may be difficult for you to answer,

but do you know

what happened to that child?

Kevin?

- What are they running from?

- I don't know.

- F***! F***!

- F***!

F***!

- Sh*t!

- F***!

Greg, pass me the phone.

Robin, it's Ken...

Yeah, we're in Thokoza.

There's lots of guns here.

It's gonna get f***ing hectic down here.

A bunch of peacekeepers that don't know

what the f*** they're doing.

Listen, we're going in.

Make sure they use the f***ing pictures.

Let's go. Let's go.

- What the f***'s going on?

- Who cares, it's bang bang.

F***, this oke's been shot

across the road there.

Sh*t! Look out, Ken! Ken! Ken! Ken!

Get the f***ing shot.

Come on. Take it like a man.

You're a puss.

F***ing p*ssy.

- F*** you!

- F*** you, man.

- You get the shot.

- Puss.

Move, move. I'll get it.

Sheesh! Woo!

Yeah. Told you.

- What's going on?

- Welcome boys.

Who's thirsty?

- What?

- What?

- Who wants a Coke?

- What?

No, man.

No, I'm going to go

to that spot over there.

Okay, well if you're gonna go, go.

- Ready?

- Don't get shot, dude.

Oh!

Idiot.

- Woo!

- Yeah!

Hello!

Hello, anybody here?! Hello?

Ah... Two Cokes, my bru.

Two...

Two rand.

Sh*t.

Greg!

Run!

- Ah! F***!

- Run!

Thanks.

We're gonna take out

this nest of snipers, okay?

We're going to

move down along this wall.

As soon as you get around the corner,

you start firing.

All right?

I say when they go,

we go with the same wave.

- You got it, Joao?

- Yeah, yeah.

- Are we gonna f***ing do this thing?

- Yes.

Okay. You guys can come in after us.

Okay, we're gonna get covering fire

from the Mamba. Bring in the Mamba!

- It's starting to heat up.

- Alright, get ready! Move down!

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Get in there, you f***ing bastard!

Go, you piece of sh*t! Get in there!

Go! Go! Go!

Go! Bloody legged! Get off your ass!

Ugh!

I'm hit! I'm hit!

Hold your fire.

- Hold your fire!

- Cease fire!

Get your hands off those weapons!

F***!

Sh*t!

We've got another man down.

- Jesus! Ken's hit! Ken's been hit!

- Hold your f***ing fire!

- Keep still. Keep still.

- Ken's been hit.

I'm okay. Help Ken.

- Where? Where?

- In there.

Ken!

Ken!

- Joao...

- Sam...

Is he?

Sam...

Sam...

Ken's dead.

Hi, Robs.

Hello.

Where's Ken?

Is he all right?

No.

I'll be back.

Hey.

Hi.

I just want them to all leave.

Yeah, I know.

The explosion of violence

in this township

is an ominous sign for South Africa

at the beginning of a week

of planned protests

and demonstrations by Inkatha.

I would like to express

my deepest sympathy

to the family of Ken Oosterbroek.

- To Ken Oosterbroek!

- Yeah!

- Sorry.

- You f***er.

- Sorry, man.

- You spilled my f***ing drink.

I said I was sorry, man.

F***ing a**hole.

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