POPPIE HITS THE BIG SCREEN
Jan 31, 2020
4 minutes
BY PIETER VAN ZYL & BONOLO SEKUDU
THE book has been translated into 13 languages and was turned into a play that earned standing ovations night after night during its year-long run on Broadway in New York. Now it’s being brought to the silver screen – and the tale it tells is as relevant now as it was when it arrived on the scene 42 years ago.
Poppie Nongena, which has been raking in awards on the festival circuit, is based on the true story of a domestic worker in apartheid South Africa – a woman whose life is ripped apart
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