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 ...

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, ...

Paula van der Oest’s biopic of South African poet Ingrid Jonker is conventional yet intriguing thanks in large part to a terrific lead performance from Carice van Houten. By Jordan Mintzer TAORMINA — ...

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 ...

Ingrid Jonker became something of a Marilyn Monroe to Afrikaners, following her tragic suicide when she walked into the sea in Cape Town, leaving a young daughter and devastated circle of friends ...

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 ...

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 ...

‘Black Butterflies’’ is a conventional account of the life of an unconventional woman, 1960s South African poet Ingrid Jonker, a tormented soul sometimes likened to American writer Sylvia Plath (“The ...

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.