docLOVE invites you to a free screening of GIRL, TAKEN

The Documentary Filmmakers Association (DFA) and The Bioscope are proud to host this month's free docLOVE screening: GIRL, TAKEN. 

Genre: Documentary

Directed by: Francois Verster.

Duration: 1hr 32mins.

About the film: Girl, Taken follows the story of Celeste and Morne Nurse, whose baby daughter Zephany was stolen from hospital three days after her birth in Cape Town, April 1997. For 17 years, the devastated couple searched for Zephany, regularly making media appeals, hiring private detectives and following false leads. Then in 2015, their second daughter, Cassidy, enrolled in a new school, where other pupils pointed out an older pupil, Miche Solomon, who looked much like her. DNA samples confirmed that Miche was Zephany, and, incredibly, she had grown up only a few miles from the Nurse’s home. The Nurses were overjoyed, and the story saw them becoming media darlings around the world.

However, the arrest and trial of the seamstress whom Miche knew as her loving mother devastated her and ultimately, she chose to remain with the kidnapper’s family. The Nurses, against all expectations, lost their daughter a second time. This film follows the process of two broken families climbing the difficult path towards forgiveness and wholeness.

About docLOVE: 

The Documentary Filmmakers Association docLOVE programme hosts free monthly screenings at eight venues around the country. 

docLOVE celebrates and promotes the power of documentary film to bring thought-provoking, relevant and important issues and topics to the fore. docLOVE creates an interactive space for engagement and debate, by hosting facilitated discussions after each screening, featuring special guest speakers. 

The current docLOVE programme is made possible by the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP4), administered by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF).

For more about the DFA please visit: https://docfilmsa.com/