Black Butterflies (2011)

Title: Black Butterflies

Original Title: Black Butterflies

Release Date: 2011-02-06

Status: Released

Rating: 5.7/10 (from 35 votes)

Language: NL

Genres: Drama, Romance

Production Companies: CoBo Fonds, IDTV Film, Cool Beans, Comet Filmproduktion, Spier Films, Riba Film International, NTR, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film

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.