Black Butterflies

Black Butterflies
Film poster
Directed byPaula van der Oest
Written byGreg Latter (script)
Produced byFrans van Gestel
Richard Claus
Arry Voorsmit
Michael Auret
StarringCarice van Houten
Liam Cunningham
Graham Clark
Nicholas Pauling
Candice D'Arcy
Rutger Hauer
CinematographyGiulio Biccari
Edited bySander Vos
Music byPhilip Miller
Production
companies
  • IDTV Film
  • Cool Beans
Distributed byA-Film Distribution
Release date
  • 31 March 2011 (2011-03-31)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageEnglish

Black Butterflies is an English-language Dutch drama film about the life of South-African Afrikaans poet and anti-apartheid political dissident Ingrid Jonker. The film was directed by Paula van der Oest and premiered in the Netherlands on February 6 before being released on 31 March 2011.