{"id":35762,"date":"2023-08-09T08:47:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T06:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.world-film-festival.com\/films-items\/purge-the-day-we-did-not-back-down-by-anthony-george-kirkwood-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T09:48:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T08:48:02","slug":"purge-the-day-we-did-not-back-down-by-anthony-george-kirkwood-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.world-film-festival.com\/en\/films-items\/purge-the-day-we-did-not-back-down-by-anthony-george-kirkwood-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"PURGE | THE DAY WE DID NOT BACK DOWN BY ANTHONY GEORGE KIRKWOOD (SOUTH AFRICA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">(Please note this video is not for sensitive viewers. 18+ Only)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixGuard wixui-rich-text__text\">\u200b<\/span><\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">The week from hell. No one could train you for what we have witnessed on the frontline. Those on the frontline all knew the presence of each other, it was enough to understand we were not going to back down from this Zuma fraction. Lack of sleep, camaraderie, dead bodies, being shot at, this was the taste of war. There was no time to think about tomorrow or next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">From Cato Ridge to Central Durban, just pure adrenaline for days on end. The week we did not back down. 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