Oscar Pistorius documentary in the works
“Oscar Pistorius: Killing A Dream” is being produced by Western Edge Pictures on the back of the success of its boxing documentary Mr Calzaghe, ScreenDaily reported.
Founder of Western Edge and the director of Mr Calzaghe, Vaughan Sivell, will direct the Oscar documentary – and plans to deliver it by early 2017. The film will start shooting in March.
According to ScreenDaily, Sivell will make the film in collaboration with journalist Gareth Davies, who has known Pistorius since he was 16 years old.
The production will try to interview Pistorius, as well as the Steenkamp family.
“The appeal ruling starts with the line, ‘This is a tragedy of Shakespearean scale.’ It’s fascinating to me that a judge was to write that… the story mirrors when Mandela was released, and we saw this nation of reliance and courage, and now there is so much violence and corruption,” said Sivell.
“[Pistorius] self destructs in a way the country of South Africa destructs…There are so many levels to it. It’s what makes great films.”
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