
Black Butterflies (2011)
1h 40m | PG-13
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
Studio: CoBo Fonds
Genre: Drama, Romance
Video: 720p
Cast

Carice van Houten
as Ingrid Jonker

Rutger Hauer
as Abraham Jonker

Liam Cunningham
as Jack Cope

Nicholas Pauling
as Eugene Maritz

Grant Swanby
as Jan Rabie

Graham Clarke
as Uys Krige