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The drama is based on the true story of two 12-year-old female cousins, Issie Fourie and Petro Nel, who were kidnapped from a sleepy town in South Africa’s Free State in the 1960s.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
The team decided to stay as close to the true story as possible, covering a period of seven years.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
The movie, which also stars Abigail Lawrie, Tom Felton and Abigail Breslin, is based on the true story of Ann and Earl Morris, early 20th-century archaeologists who helped excavate and document evidence of the Ancestral Puebloans in the American Southwest.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
It’s based on a true story about the archaeologists Ann and Earl Morris, whose Arizona excavations uncovered Native American history.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
The team decided to stay as close to the true story as possible, covering a period of seven years.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
The movie, which also stars Abigail Lawrie, Tom Felton and Abigail Breslin, is based on the true story of Ann and Earl Morris, early 20th-century archaeologists who helped excavate and document evidence of the Ancestral Puebloans in the American Southwest.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
It’s based on a true story about the archaeologists Ann and Earl Morris, whose Arizona excavations uncovered Native American history.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
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“True story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true%20story. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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