Details
Meisie is a heart-warming and heart-breaking tale of a goat-herding young girl who wants to go to school. When a young schoolteacher form Cape Town is posted to a small rural town in the Kalahari desert, she encounters a talented but uneducated little girl whose life she is determined to turn around. In her battle to teach Meisie, the teacher must convince Meisie’s father, a sceptical and hardened man, of the benefits and importance of education.
Accolades
Trivia
Young thesp had never seen a movie camera prior to filming, and performs with the effervescent confidence of a pro. Her achievement, and indeed that of the entire cast, is made even more impressive by the fact that dialogue was completely improvised.
Critics
...'The smallest feature made by prolific, Hollywood-experienced South African helmer Darrell James Roodt is also one of his best.'
Variety
...'….delivers maximum emotional rewards for auds of all ages.'
Variety
