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The film revolves around Poppie Nongena, an Afrikaans/Xhosa South African whose life revolves around her family and finding stability in a period of immense upheaval in apartheid South Africa where women were forced by arrests.
Jan 31, 2020 · Poppie Nongena tells the story of a South African woman, an Afrikaans-speaking Xhosa mother, whose life revolves around her family and finding stability in a period of insufferable upheaval in the country.
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- Biography, Drama
- Christiaan Olwagen
- 2020-01-31
Sep 25, 2019 · The moving true life story of an ordinary woman in extraordinary circumstances. Houseworker and resilient Afrikaans-speaking isiXhosa mother, Poppie Nongena, desperately tries...
- 2 min
- 187.5K
- Helena Spring Films
Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, Poppie Nongena tells the true story of a mother's desperate fight to protect her family during the bitter...
- Christiaan Olwagen
- Clementine Mosimane
Feb 26, 2020 · Set in Cape Town during the ’70s when South Africa was under the rule of the Apartheid government, Poppie Nongena is an important and powerful story, based on Elsa Joubert’s ‘The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena’, one of the best African novels of the 20th Century.
Jan 31, 2020 · Based on a true story: South Africa, mid 70s. When her husband becomes too ill to work, Poppie is deemed by the law to be an illegal resident in her own country. Based on the Elsa Joubert novel regarded as one of the best African novels of the century.
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May 13, 2021 · Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, Poppie Nongena tells the true story of a mother’s desperate fight to protect her family during the bitter years of Apartheid in South Africa, when Black women were ripped away from their homes.
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