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, ...

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 ...

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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 ...

SIXTY years after the tragic passing of one of South Africa’s most celebrated poets, Ingrid Jonker, her physical archive has at last returned to her homeland. The collection of manuscripts, ...

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 ...

South African poet Ingrid Jonker was an absent mother, a faithless lover, a thankless daughter, and a vicious drunk. At least, that’s the portrait that emerges from Paula van der Oest and Greg ...