Poppie Nongena

Poppie Nongena

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9248912/

English subs: https://yavka.net/subs/15286/EN

Country: South Africa

Year: 2019

Language: Afrikaans, English

Genre: Biography, Drama

Runtime: 106 min.

Director: Christiaan Olwagen

Writer: Saartjie Botha, Elsa Joubert

Cast: Clementine Mosimane, Nomsa Nene, Chris Gxalaba, Deon Nebulane, Aphiwe Sithole, Nicole Holm, Letlotlo Zimkhitha Mohlabeng, Thembalethu Ntuli, Rolanda Marais, Dawid Minnaar, Chris April, Susan Danford, Siya Mayola ...


.:Plot:.

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. When her husband Stone became too ill to work, Poppie was deemed by the law to be an "illegal" resident in her own country. She engaged in a desperate struggle with the authorities for permission to stay, moving from house to house, applying for permits, extensions, and extensions of extensions, and using every means at her disposal to remain with her children. Caught in the crossfire of her children's needs, her husband's illness, community anger, and repressive laws, she was finally forced to give in just as the 1976 riots for freedom erupted