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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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According to Jonker’s cousin, Cathy de Villiers, the family regards this restitution “as a form of healing across generations ...

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 ...