Black Butterflies (2011)
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.
Release Date : Feb 06, 2011
Runtime : 1h 40m
Companies : CoBo Fonds, IDTV Film, Cool Beans, Comet Film Produktion GmbH, Spier Films, Riba Film International, NTR, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film
Countries : Germany, Netherlands, South Africa
Keywords : apartheid, woman director