Van Houten as the tragic Jonker, whose poetry is inscribed in South Africa’s history, as well as the flesh of those who carry it. Courtesy of Tribeca Films Running time: 100 minutes. Understandably, ...

The uncompromising power of Ingrid Jonker’s poetry runs like a pulsing vein through “Black Butterflies,” a 1960s-set drama whose several strong points include the angry intensity of Carice van ...

It took director Helena Nogueira 10 years to finish a documentary about embattled poet Ingrid Jonker and now, with backing from an international producer, she's looking for a South African actress to ...

Afrikaans poet Ingrid Jonker wrote these prophetic words more than ten years before the fateful night of 19 July 1965 when she walked into the sea at Three Anchor Bay. She was 31. Many who were close ...

Afda is delighted to announce that Afda Cape Town Screen Acting lecturer, Gerard Rudolf, recently was awarded the Ingrid Jonker L'Art Poétique Prize. Gerard Rudolf, Afda Cape Town Screen Acting ...

Sit back, relax, and let Dutch songbird Niki Romijn's calming and peaceful Roos van Jou Mond's celebration of beloved Ingrid Jonker transport you on a nostalgic journey. Romance at its most passionate ...

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On 19 July 1965, the South-African poet Ingrid Jonker walked into the sea near Drieankerbaai in Cape Town at the age of 31. She left behind a little daughter and an oeuvre of three laurelled ...

Ingrid Jonker. Her Lives and Time. Documentary. Written, directed and edited by Helena Nogueira. At Ster Kinekor Cinema Nouveau, V&A Waterfront. Wilhelm Snyman reviews. Director Helen Nogueira has ...

Coetzee has been writing poetry and singing since he was a child, spurred on by his mother's readings to the family of action-driven narrative poems and by his two older sisters' enthusiasm about ...

The tragic and mysterious story of a writer—oft described as the South African Sylvia Plath—is brought to the screen in Paula van der Oest’s Black Butterflies. In this biopic set in Cape Town, Ingrid ...