**Joe Bullet** was banned shortly after it’s initial release by the Apartheid Government and is now being digitally remastered by the Gravel Road African Film Legacy Initiative. This is also not so much a review but a little extra information courtesy of Benjamin Crowley, CEO of Gravel Road Entertainment Group... **Logline** > When a mysterious gangster starts sabotaging soccer team The Eagles’ chance at winning the upcoming championship final, there is only one man who can save the day…Joe Bullet! **History** > Produced in 1971, JOE BULLET was one of the first South African films featuring an all-African cast, and starred Ken Gampu, of the first black South African actors to appear in Hollywood films. > JOE BULLET was independently released in 1972 in the Eyethu cinema in Soweto, and after only two screenings, the film was banned by the then Apartheid government. The film was later unbanned after special appeal and a personal screening to the Minister of Communications. The film was, however, never released again and simply disappeared. > Now, after more than 40 years, the film has been digitally restored and finally available for world-wide release.

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