Filmmaker Helena Nogueira created South Africa's first full-length feature film to be directed by a woman with 1988's Quest for Truth/Quest for Love. The Mozambique-born Nogueira came to South Africa during her native country's tumultuous bid for independence. She graduated in music, speech, and drama from the University of Natal. While still a student there, she directed two films, Visages and Bollod of the Walsungs. She then went on to study film at the Paris Institut des hautes Etudes Cinematographiques in 1980.
Helena Nogueira
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