The Story of Racheltjie De Beer

Racheltjie de Beer is a 2019 Afrikaans film about a young Afrikaner girl, Racheltjie de Beer in the Voortrekker-era who sacrificed herself to save her brother. The director is Matthys Boshoff and the producer is Johan Kruger. The screenplay was written by Brett Michael Innes and Matthys Boshoff.

The Story of Racheltjie De Beer
Directed byMatthys Boshoff
Written byBrett Michael Innes, Matthys Boshoff
Produced byJohan Kruger
Release date
  • 18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)
Running time
96 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguagesAfrikaans, English

The film was produced in the Eastern Free State (Fouriesburg area).

Cast
  • Herman de Beer - Stian Bam
  • Racheltjie de Beer - Zonika de Vries
  • Jamie de Beer - Johannes Jordaan
  • George Lundt - Marius Weyers

The cast also includes Sandra Prinsloo and Antoinette Louw.

Release

The film premiered at the Silver Screen Festival at Camps Bay. Stian Bam won a Silver Screen Award for his performance as Racheltjie's father.[1] It is scheduled to compete under the title Children of the Storm (Racheltjie de Beer) in the Narrative Competition at the San Diego International Film Festival in October 2020.[2] The movie is also called Storm Riders for it's north American release.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Video: Lokprent van Racheltjie de Beer-rolprent bekendgestel". Maroela Media. 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. "The Re-Imagined 2020 San Diego International Film Festival Announces Festival to Feature Virtual Village & Drive-In Movies! | San Diego International Film Festival". 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. "Storm Riders". primevideo.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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