Helena Nogueira Explained
| Helena Nogueira |
| Birth Place: | Mozambique |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Citizenship: | South African |
| Alma Mater: | University of Natal
Institut des hautes études cinématographiques |
| Occupation: | Film Director |
Helena Nogueira is a South African film director,[1] "the first woman to direct a feature film in South Africa".[2]
Life
Helena Nogueira was born in Mozambique.[2] She studied at the University of Natal and then the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris.[1]
Nogueira's first film was a documentary about Athol Fugard,[1] and she has subsequently directed a documentary on Ingrid Jonker. Her 1988 feature film Quest for Truth, Quest for Love was based on Gertrude Stein's first novel, Q.E.D..[3] It featured lesbian attraction between an activist and an ecologist, played by Jana Cilliers and Sandra Prinsloo, against the backdrop of apartheid South Africa.[4]
Films
- Documentaries
- Fugard's People, 1982
- Ingrid Jonker: Her Lives and Time..., 2002
- Feature films
- Quest for Truth, Quest for Love / Quest for Love / Fire in their Hearts, 1988
- The Good Fascist, 1992
Notes and References
- Book: Roy Ames. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. 2008. Indiana University Press. 0-253-35116-2. 103. Nogueira, Helena.
- Book: Jill Nelmes. Jule Selbo. Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. 2015. Springer. 978-1-137-31237-2. 43.
- Book: Jane Sloan. Reel Women: An International Directory of Contemporary Feature Films about Women. 2007. Scarecrow Press. 978-1-4616-7082-7. 180.
- Book: Botha, Martin P.. Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike. Critical Approaches to African Cinema Discourse. 2014. Lexington Books. 978-0-7391-8094-5. 75–6. Queering African Film Aesthetics: A Survey from the 1950s to 2003: Portrayal of Homosexuality in International Films.
