Black Butterflies (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 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.
Director: Paula van der Oest
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Carice van Houten as Ingrid Jonker |
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Rutger Hauer as Abraham Jonker |
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Liam Cunningham as Jack Cope |
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Nicholas Pauling as Eugene Maritz |
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Grant Swanby as Jan Rabie |
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Graham Clarke as Uys Krige |
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Damon Berry as Pieter Venter |
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Jennifer Steyn as Lucille - Lulu |
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Candice D'Arcy as Anna Jonker |
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Leon Clingman as Valkenberg receptionist |
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Waldemar Schultz as Ettiene le Roux |
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Tarryn Page as Irma |
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Sabrina Oschmann as Young Ingrid |
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Florence Masebe as Maria |
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Ceridwen Morris as Marjorie |
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Thamsanqua Mbongo as Nkosi |
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Louis Pretorius as Mike Loots |
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Marthinus Van den Berg as Maruis Schoon |
| Production | Richard Claus | Producer |
| Directing | Paula van der Oest | Director |
| Production | Arnold Heslenfeld | Executive Producer |
| Production | Arry Voorsmit | Producer |
| Production | Frans van Gestel | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Jeremy Hattingh | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Writing | Greg Latter | Writer |
| Sound | Philip Miller | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Anna Feyder | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rae Donnelly | Costume Design |
| Production | Christa Schamberger | Casting |
| Art | Darryl Hammer | Production Design |
| Editing | Sander Vos | Editor |
| Camera | Giulio Biccari | Director of Photography |
| Production | Job Gosschalk | Casting |
| Production | Jeremy Zimmermann | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raine Edwards | Makeup Department Head |
| Production | Amanda Law | Line Producer |
| Art | Darryl Hammer | Art Direction |
| Art | Ashleigh Tobias | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Van Der Feyst | Key Hair Stylist |
| Production | Michael Auret | Producer |
| Production | Petra Pechackova | Associate Producer |