

Black Butterflies
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
CoBo Fonds
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Key Crew

Richard Claus
Producer

Frans van Gestel
Producer

Paula van der Oest
Director

Greg Latter
Writer
Cast

Carice van Houten
Ingrid Jonker

Rutger Hauer
Abraham Jonker

Liam Cunningham
Jack Cope

Nicholas Pauling
Eugene Maritz

Grant Swanby
Jan Rabie

Graham Clarke
Uys Krige

Damon Berry
Pieter Venter

Jennifer Steyn
Lucille - Lulu
Candice D'Arcy
Anna Jonker

Leon Clingman
Valkenberg receptionist

Waldemar Schultz
Ettiene le Roux
Tarryn Page
Irma
Sabrina Oschmann
Young Ingrid
Florence Masebe
Maria
Ceridwen Morris
Marjorie
Thamsanqua Mbongo
Nkosi
Louis Pretorius
Mike Loots
Marthinus Van den Berg
Maruis Schoon