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 |
| Production | Arnold Heslenfeld | Executive Producer |
| Production | Frans van Gestel | Producer |
| Production | Arry Voorsmit | Producer |
| Directing | Paula van der Oest | Director |
| Visual Effects | Jeremy Hattingh | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Writing | Greg Latter | Writer |
| Camera | Giulio Biccari | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Philip Miller | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Sander Vos | Editor |
| Production | Anna Feyder | Casting |
| Production | Job Gosschalk | Casting |
| Production | Christa Schamberger | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rae Donnelly | Costume Design |
| Art | Darryl Hammer | Production Design |
| Production | Jeremy Zimmermann | Casting |
| Production | Michael Auret | Producer |
| Production | Amanda Law | Line Producer |
| Production | Petra Pechackova | Associate Producer |
| Art | Darryl Hammer | Art Direction |
| Art | Ashleigh Tobias | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raine Edwards | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Van Der Feyst | Key Hair Stylist |