Helena Nogueira

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

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References

Roy Armes (2008). "Nogueira, Helena". Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-253-35116-2.
Jill Nelmes; Jule Selbo (2015). Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Springer. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-137-31237-2.
Jane Sloan (2007). Reel Women: An International Directory of Contemporary Feature Films about Women. Scarecrow Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-4616-7082-7.
Botha, Martin P. (2014). "Queering African Film Aesthetics: A Survey from the 1950s to 2003: Portrayal of Homosexuality in International Films". In Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike (ed.). Critical Approaches to African Cinema Discourse. Lexington Books. pp. 75–6. ISBN 978-0-7391-8094-5.

External links

Helena Nogueira on IMDb

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[Armes2008-1] Roy Armes (2008). "Nogueira, Helena". Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-253-35116-2.

[NelmesSelbo2015-2] Jill Nelmes; Jule Selbo (2015). Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Springer. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-137-31237-2.

[Sloan2007-3] Jane Sloan (2007). Reel Women: An International Directory of Contemporary Feature Films about Women. Scarecrow Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-4616-7082-7.

[Ukadike2014-4] Botha, Martin P. (2014). "Queering African Film Aesthetics: A Survey from the 1950s to 2003: Portrayal of Homosexuality in International Films". In Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike (ed.). Critical Approaches to African Cinema Discourse. Lexington Books. pp. 75–6. ISBN 978-0-7391-8094-5.