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Black Butterflies
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5.7
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Drama/Romance
1h 40m
2011

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...

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Black Butterflies
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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.

  • DirectorPaula van der Oest
  • Release6 February 2011
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  • Duration1h 40m
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  • Productions

    CoBo Fonds, IDTV Film, Cool Beans, Comet Filmproduktion, Spier Films, Riba Film International, NTR, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film

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