Gerrie & Louise

Gerrie & Louise
Directed bySturla Gunnarsson
Screenplay bySturla Gunnarsson
Steven Silver
Barry Stevens
CinematographyKirk Tougas
Production
companies
Eurasia Motion Pictures
Blackstock Pictures Inc.
Release date
  • 1997 (1997)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Gerrie & Louise is a 1997 Canadian documentary film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson.[1] The film examines post-apartheid South Africa through the lens of Gerrie Hugo, a former officer in the South African Defence Force who fell in love with and married Louise Flanagan, a journalist investigating the SADF's role in various controversial events during the apartheid era.[2]

The film had a theatrical screening at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] but was distributed primarily as a CBC Television broadcast.[1]

Awards

Year Award Category Result
1997 25th International Emmy Awards Best Documentary Won
1998 Gemini Awards Best Documentary Program Won
1998 Writers Guild of Canada WGC Award Won

References

  1. ^ a b "A monster's human face" Archived 2019-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. Maclean's, September 15, 1997.
  2. ^ a b "Toronto International Film Festival: Gerrie & Louise". Playback, September 8, 1997.


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