Black Butterflies
Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker searched for a home, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and André Brink she found much love, but no home. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.
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Black Butterflies
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Feb 6, 2011
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama, Romance
User Score
58%
Original Title
Black Butterflies
Production Companies
CoBo Fonds, IDTV Film, Cool Beans, Comet Film Produktion GmbH, Spier Films, Riba Film International, NTR, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film
Director
Paula van der Oest
Description
Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker searched for a home, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and André Brink she found much love, but no home. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.
