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.
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Carice van HoutenIngrid Jonker
Rutger HauerAbraham Jonker
Liam CunninghamJack Cope
Nicholas PaulingEugene Maritz
Grant SwanbyJan Rabie
Graham ClarkeUys Krige
Damon BerryPieter Venter
Jennifer SteynLucille - LuluCandice D'ArcyAnna Jonker
Leon ClingmanValkenberg receptionist
Waldemar SchultzEttiene le RouxTarryn PageIrmaKeywords
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What is Black Butterflies about?
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.
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Black Butterflies has a runtime of 100 minutes.
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