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Now we see that a new EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for the film as debuted, which you can witness below:
On the EPK itself this is what Janet Van Eeden (Writer and Producer) had to say about it.
"Here's the final version of the fantastic electronic press kit put together by honours students at UKZN for A Shot at the Big Time.
Yet more proof that there is not a single aspect of this project that is devoid of ambition or talent!
Great job, guys!"
The films synopsis is as follows:
A Shot at the Big Time is a film inspired by the true story of Janet van Eeden's brother, Jimmy, who took his own life rather than fight in the Apartheid Border War, a war he didn't believe in.
She launched a crowd-sourcing campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise production funds for this film after the conventional fund raising platforms didn't work. This film is timeless, about the young men who gave up their lives to fight in a war many of them had no desire to fight. Every white boy in South Africa in the seventies, eighties and early nineties, was conscripted into military service. After three months of brutal basics they were spat out onto the border to kill their so-called enemy.

This film has taken Janet nine years to write, and she's ready to put it on the big screen. A number of songs have been written by Jonathan Handley of the Radio Rats who was so moved by reading the script that he recorded songs you can see on this website. Strum My Gun was inspired by the film's ending.
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