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Black Butterflies
First aired on Feb 6, 2011
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Genres: Drama, Romance

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Carice van Houten | Ingrid Jonker
Rutger Hauer | Abraham Jonker
Liam Cunningham | Jack Cope
Nicholas Pauling | Eugene Maritz
Grant Swanby | Jan Rabie
Graham Clarke | Uys Krige
Featured Crew
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Arnold Heslenfeld | Executive Producer
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Paula van der Oest | Director
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Richard Claus | Producer
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Arry Voorsmit | Producer
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Frans van Gestel | Producer
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Jeremy Hattingh | Visual Effects Supervisor