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Based on the best-selling book "When She Was White" by Judith Stone.
Despite being born to white Afrikaner parents (Sam Neill and Alice Krige), Sandra (Oscar Nominee Sophie Okonedo) has dark skin and African features - an unexpected legacy from her ancestors. Expelled from school and shunned by society, she begins an illicit love affair with Petrus (Tony Kgoroge), a black man. Torn between her family and her heart, Sandra struggles against hardship and racial intolerance, and ultimately triumphs against all odds during the apartheid era.
Original Release
09/07/2008
US Release
10/30/2009
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Sophie Okonedo | Sandra Laing |
Sam Neill | Abraham Laing |
Alice Krige | Sannie Laing / Sannie Lang |
Tony Kgoroge | Petrus Zwane |
Ella Ramangwane | Young Sandra |
Terri Ann Eckstein | Elsie Laing (aged 19) |
Bongani Masondo | Henry Laing (aged 20) |
Dan Robbertse | Factory Foreman |
Jeremy Crutchley | TV Reporter / Hugh Johnston |
Jonathan Taylor | TV Sound Recordist |
Directors
Writers
Helen Crawley, Jessie Keyt, Helena Kriel, Anthony Fabian
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sophie Okonedo | Sandra Laing |
Sam Neill | Abraham Laing |
Alice Krige | Sannie Laing / Sannie Lang |
Tony Kgoroge | Petrus Zwane |
Ella Ramangwane | Young Sandra |
Terri Ann Eckstein | Elsie Laing (aged 19) |
Bongani Masondo | Henry Laing (aged 20) |
Dan Robbertse | Factory Foreman |
Jeremy Crutchley | TV Reporter / Hugh Johnston |
Jonathan Taylor | TV Sound Recordist |
Nomathamsanga Baleka | Factory Worker 1 |
Valesika Smith | Factory Worker 2 |
Faniswa Yisa | Nora Molefe |
Hannes Brummer | Leon Laing |
Zamanthebe Sithebe | Young Thembi |
Onida Cowan | Miss Van Uys |
Leana Truitsman | Annie |
Lauren Das Neves | Elize |
Jacques Gombault | Teacher saying grace |
Danny Keogh | Van Tonder |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mark Brooke | Executive Producer |
Simon Fawcett | Executive Producer |
Hellen Kalenga | Executive Producer |
Alasdair MacCuish | Executive Producer |
Laurence Paltiel | Executive Producer |
Moses Silinda | Executive Producer |
Robert Little | Executive Producer |
Genevieve Hofmeyr | Producer |
Margaret Matheson | Producer |
Marvin Saven | Producer |
Anthony Fabian | Producer |