social worker,orphanage,south africa,grandparents,growing up,racism,separation,adopted,welfare

Vaselinetjie (2017)

Poster for Vaselinetjie

At the age of 8, Vaselinetjie is taken away by the Welfare and send to the orphanage. It's a strange, hard, dangerous world of rebel children, fierce house mothers,friends, first loves and where she finally finds true self-acceptance.

Cast & Crew

Director
Corné van Rooyen
  • Profile picture of Marguerite van Eeden
    Older Vaselinetjie Marguerite van Eeden
  • Profile picture of Shaleen Surtie-Richards
    Grandma Kitta Shaleen Surtie-Richards
  • Profile picture of Royston Stoffels
    Grandpa Simon Royston Stoffels
  • Profile picture of Daniah De Villiers
    Younger Pizzaface Daniah De Villiers
  • Profile picture of Elani Dekker
    Older Pizzaface Elani Dekker
  • Profile picture of Zack Mtombeni
    Brutus Zack Mtombeni
  • Profile picture of Izel Bezuidenhout
    KitCat Izel Bezuidenhout
  • Profile picture of Anton Dekker
    Mr. Hoffman Anton Dekker

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Keywords

  • social worker
  • orphanage
  • south africa
  • grandparents
  • growing up
  • racism
  • separation
  • adopted
  • welfare