The title's a problem, but it would be a crying shame to let that discourage you from seeing "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight," which is precisely the sort of intelligent, human-scale adult drama ...

It’s 1980 in Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia, and a war rages, while a high-stakes election could change this country forever. For 7-year-old Bobo (Lexi Venter), life continues on at her white ...

A film told from the rose-colored binoculars of an inquisitive child's perspective would never work without a strong child actor to anchor it. Enter Lexi Venter, the first-time performer Embeth ...

It’s 1980 in Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia, and a war rages, while a high-stakes election could change this country forever. For 7-year-old Bobo (Lexi Venter), life continues on at her white ...

The bracing period drama “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” humanizes a childhood that sounds easy to hate. It’s 1980 and 7-year-old Bobo Fuller (an astonishing Lexi Venter) is running wild around ...

“Are we racists?” That’s the blunt question posed by Bobo, a white girl living on a farm in Africa, to her horrified (and defensive) mother. There are so many ways this three-word line reading could ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with actor Embeth Davidtz about her directorial debut, "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight." It's an adaptation of the book about growing up in Rhodesia before decolonization.

Embeth Davidtz was a hard-working actress, and then she found her voice as a writer/director. Thanks to a cancelled series, she tells IndieWire, she was able to pull the time and money together for a ...

Lexi Venter was all of 7-years-old when she stepped in front of the cameras for the first time, taking on the central role in “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight.” And she delivered one of the best ...

Discovery Lexi Venter anchors Davidtz's impressionistic adaptation of a memoir of rural life during the Rhodesian Bush War. Davidtz told IndieWire she needed “a wild, untrained, feral, spontaneous ...

It’s 1980 in Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia, and a war rages, while a high-stakes election could change this country forever. For 7-year-old Bobo (Lexi Venter), life continues on at her white ...