{"id":40558,"date":"2025-07-08T08:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=40558"},"modified":"2025-07-08T08:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:22:09","slug":"dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"DON&#8217;T LET&#8217;S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT &#8211; Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the trailer from the upcoming film &#8220;DON&#8217;T LET&#8217;S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT.&#8221; The film is directed by Embeth Davidtz, starring Lexi Venter, Embeth Davidtz, Zikhona Bali.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WoDuyG6jLyA?si=Qn9mC0eZ09-0K7c1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Based on Alexandra Fuller\u2019s memoir of the same name, DON&#8217;T LET&#8217;S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT captures the childhood of 8-year-old Bobo on her family farm in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) at the end of the Zimbabwean War for independence in 1980. Growing up in the midst of this long running war, Bobo internalizes both sides of the struggle. Conflicted by her love for people on opposing sides, she tries to make sense of her life in a magical way. Through her eight-year-old gaze we witness Rhodesia\u2019s final days, the family\u2019s unbreakable bond with Africa, and the deep scars that war leaves on survivors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-poster.jpg\" alt=\"dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-poster\" width=\"1934\" height=\"2866\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-poster.jpg 1934w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-poster-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-poster-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-poster-660x978.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1934px) 100vw, 1934px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the trailer from the upcoming film &#8220;DON&#8217;T LET&#8217;S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT.&#8221; The film is directed by Embeth Davidtz, starring Lexi Venter, Embeth Davidtz, Zikhona Bali. Based on Alexandra Fuller\u2019s memoir of the same name, DON&#8217;T LET&#8217;S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT captures the childhood of 8-year-old Bobo on her family farm\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/dont-lets-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-trailer\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":40560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4,4396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-trailers","category-movies","category-trailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40561,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40558\/revisions\/40561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}