ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - The critically acclaimed South African film about a Khoi girl's struggle with culture and identity, Krotoa, will show at the Ster Kinekor at the Garden Route Mall until Thursday 10 August.
The film was written by Kaye Ann Williams and Margaret Goldsmid, and was created by a dynamic team of women, with acclaimed filmmaker Roberta Durrant as director and producer and Crystal-Donna Roberts in the lead role.
This remarkable drama tells the story of a young, feisty and bright eleven-year old girl (Charis Williams), who is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan van Riebeeck, her uncle's trading partner. She is brought into the first Fort, established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652.
There she grows into a visionary young woman, who assimilates the Dutch language and culture so well that she rises to become an influential interpreter for van Riebeeck, who became the first Governor of the Cape Colony.
Krotoa ends up being rejected by her own Khoi people and destroyed by the Dutch, when she tries to find the middle way between the two cultures.
Crystal-Donna Roberts, known for movies such as Endless River, Die Ongelooflike Avonture van Hanna Hoekom and Skeem; as well as television series like 7de Laan, Montana, Vallei van die Sluiers, Getroud met Rugby, Boland Moorde and Byl, plays Krotoa. Safta acclaimed actor Armand Aucamp (Ballade vir 'n Enkeling and Die Boekklub) portrays the role of Jan van Riebeeck. Jacques Bessenger, Deon Lotz, Marcèl van Heerden, Roeline Daneel, Brendon Daniels and Ernest St Clair also star in this impressive film.
Bookings can be made via Ster Kinekor https://movies.sterkinekor.co.za/Browsing/Movies/Details/h-HO00000476.
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