Review: Superb 7-Year-Old Actress Carries Story of White Rhodesian Family in 'Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight'

Review: Superb 7-year-old actress carries story of white Rhodesian family in 'Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight'

Seven-year-old Lexi Venter gives one of the best child performances in years as the central character in writer/director/star Embeth Davidtz’s film about a white family caught up in the war and election that ended minority rule in Rhodesia and created…

Anele Mdoda and Trevor Noah are executive producers of the film ‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’

Media personality Anele Mdoda and TV host Trevor Noah are executive producers of 'Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight', which stars 'Diep City's' Zikhona Bali.

DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT – Review

LEXI VENTER as Bobo Fuller and ZIKHONA BALI as Sarah, in DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT. Photo: Coco Van Oppens. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics A family drama, told through the eyes of a child, about a white, farm family in the final days of white-ruled Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and featuring a remarkable performance by eight-year-old newcomer Lexi Venter, is the subject of actor-turned-director Embeth Davidtz’s DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS …