Underplayed Gems

Katrina (1969)

Katrina poster
Directed by
Jans Rautenbach
Genre
drama film
Country
South Africa
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1960s South Africa a young Coloured woman tries to pass as white under apartheid. Her secret is exposed and her family must face the consequences.

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What happens

Katrina is a 1969 South African drama film directed by Jans Rautenbach and starring Katinka Heyns, Jill Kirkland and Don Leonard. Based on a play called Try for White by Basil Warner, the film depicts the lives of a family of a Coloured South Africans, who in the apartheid system are considered neither white nor black, in which Katrina, the daughter, attempts to appear white, before her secret is exposed. The screenplay was written by Emil Nofal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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