Embeth Davidtz will be the first to admit she struggled with writing the screenplay for her directorial debut, “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight.” But according to the multi-hyphenate, switching up the point of view is really what “cracked the code” for her.
“Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” centers on Alexandra Fuller, a little girl growing up in Zimbabwe as it’s making the transition from Rhodesia, seeing the white people who have controlled the country for so long losing their grip. It’s based on Fuller’s own memoir of the same title.
The thing is, that memoir spans a total of 21 years.