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Black Butterflies

Label
Black Butterflies
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Black Butterflies
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Originally produced by Giant Interactive in 2011
Runtime
99
Summary
Award-winning biopic about poet Ingrid Jonker, regarded as South Africa's Sylvia Plath, as she finds her freedom in the height of 1960s Apartheid by scripting verse amidst a series of stormy love affairs. Winner of Best Actress in a Narrative Feature (Carice van Houten) at the **Tribeca Film Festival** *"BLACK BUTTERFLIES is a dark, moving depiction of the life and death of a brave rebellious, idiosyncratic woman who made significant strides toward changing the world around her and paid a heavy toll for her passion." - Rex Reed, **Observer***
Technique
live action
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