Meet the award-winning cast of 'Poppie Nongena' (poppiefilm)
She is her family’s main provider and like many domestic workers at the time, has a"sleep-in" job with a white family. When she is unable to renew her government pass and youth uprisings in the townships become violent, Poppie has to confront her own beliefs and place in the world.Antoinette is Poppie’s employer. A warm and intelligent woman, she is trapped in the constraints of her own privilege.
He clings to traditional values and longs to return to rural life. Culturally he sees himself as the head of his family but suffers because it is not within his power to help or support his wife in any way, despite his love for her.This is Poppie’s oldest son. He is sixteen and just coming into his manhood. His affinity for the comrades disappoints Poppie until he gives her his perspective on what it is like to be a young black man longing for freedom and equal rights.
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