It’s where she began acting. And it’s where she’d return decades later to direct her first film, “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” a poetic and deeply personal adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s ...

Embeth Davidtz as Nicola Fuller in “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” an adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s 2001 memoir written and directed for the screen by Davidtz.

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.

It’s where she began acting. And it’s where she’d return decades later to direct her first film, “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” a poetic and deeply personal adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s ...

There was no one who said, you don't treat other children that way. And Alexandra Fuller painted this picture - a very painful one - of remembering herself as that character doing that.