Poppie Nongena (2019)

South Africa

Based on the novel: Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena (1979) by Elsa Joubert

The film tells the story of Poppie Nongena, an Afrikaans/Xhosa South African, whose life revolves around her family and finding stability in a period of immense upheaval in South Africa when African women were forced – by arrests, fines and forced removal – to leave their homes and resettle in remote areas designated as black homelands.

Free Christiaan Olwagen 17 Jul 14:00 Equitas Auditorium Clementine Mosimane, Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Chris Gxalaba 13+ Afrikaans, English