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-A number of documentary and dramatic works have been written about the real-life character [[Ellen Pakkies]]
+Ellen Pakkies
-=[[Ellen Pakkies]] the character=
+Ellen Pakkies is the real-life subject of a number of documentary and dramatic works of South African television, theatre and film — a [[Cape Flats]] mother whose killing of her drug-addicted son in 2007 became a widely publicised court case and the basis for a television documentary, a stage play and a feature film.
-An ordinary woman living in the notoriously violent area named Lavender Hill on the Cape Flats, Cape Town, she and her circumstances came to public attention when she murdered her beloved son Adam, (or "Abie" as she called him), on September 12, 2007, as he had turned into an increasingly abusive crystal metaphetatimine (tik) addict.
+== The Ellen Pakkies Case ==
-The story created an international stir in 2007 and 2008 and continued to do so for years afterwards. As well as two international doctorates written about her, there have been a documentary film, a stage play and a feature film
+An ordinary woman living in the notoriously violent area of [[Lavender Hill]] on the [[Cape Flats]], [[Cape Town]], [[Ellen Pakkies]] came to public attention when she murdered her son Adam ("Abie"), on 12 September 2007, after he had become an increasingly abusive crystal methamphetamine (tik) addict.
-=''[[The Ellen Pakkies Story]]'' - the documentary film (2010)=
+The story created an international stir in 2007 and 2008 and continued to do so for years afterwards. At her trial the court took into account the extent to which the social system had failed her, and she received a three-year prison sentence that was wholly suspended for three years, together with 280 hours of community service. The case was widely regarded as a landmark, drawing attention to the social conditions and systemic failures on the [[Cape Flats]], and has since been the subject of two international doctorates as well as a documentary film, a stage play and a feature film.
-Shown on [[DStv]]'s The Crime Investigation Network on Wednesday at 8.35pm 2010, the documentary won the filmmaker, [[Michael Duffett]] (1956-2021), a [[South African Journalism Award]].
+== Works about Ellen Pakkies ==
-=''[[My Naam/My Name is Ellen Pakkies]]'' - the bilingual play (2011-2012)=
+''[[The Ellen Pakkies Story]]'' (2010): a television documentary by the filmmaker [[Michael Duffett]] that brought the case to a wide television audience.
-==The original text==
+''[[My Naam/My Name is Ellen Pakkies]]'' (2011): a bilingual (English/[[Afrikaans]]) stage play written and directed by [[Lizz Meiring]], written after she saw Duffett's documentary.
-''My name/My naam is Ellen Pakkies'' is a bilingual South African drama with text and direction by [[Lizz Meiring]], based on a tragic case that drew international attention. It tells the story of a mother whose helpless love for her drug-addicted (tik) son drives her to murder, and is ultimately a work about forgiveness, hope and survival.
+''[[Ellen: Die Ellen Pakkies Storie]]'' (2018): an [[Afrikaans]] feature film directed by [[Daryne Joshua]], with a screenplay by [[Amy Jephta]].
-: Staged at the [[Woordfees|US Woordfees]], Stellenbosch, presented by [[The Sixth Sense]], with text and direction by [[Lizz Meiring]], at [[Hoërskool Stellenbosch]], on 10 March, on the [[Sanlam Dramafees]] programme. The cast was [[Vinette Ebrahim]] and [[Christo Davids]]. Age restriction: no under-14s.
+== Sources ==
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen:_The_Ellen_Pakkies_Story
-[[Leon van Nierop]]. 2018. "Waarheid oof Vlakte slaan 'n harde hou". [[Rapport]] Beleef. 9 September: p. 11.
+See also the individual entries on ''[[The Ellen Pakkies Story]]'', ''[[My Naam/My Name is Ellen Pakkies]]'' and ''[[Ellen: Die Ellen Pakkies Storie]]'' for further sources.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
-= Return to =
+== Return to ==
-Return to [[South_African_Films]]
+Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
-Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
+Return to [[Main Page]]

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 ''My name/My naam is Ellen Pakkies'' is a bilingual South African drama with text and direction by [[Lizz Meiring]], based on a tragic case that drew international attention. It tells the story of a mother whose helpless love for her drug-addicted (tik) son drives her to murder, and is ultimately a work about forgiveness, hope and survival.
-: Staged at the [[Woordfees|US Woordfees]], Stellenbosch, presented by [[The Sixth Sense]], with text and direction by [[Lizz Meiring]], at [[Hoërskool Stellenbosch]], on 10 March, on the Sanlam Dramafees programme. The cast was [[Vinette Ebrahim]] and [[Christo Davids]]. Age restriction: no under-14s.
+: Staged at the [[Woordfees|US Woordfees]], Stellenbosch, presented by [[The Sixth Sense]], with text and direction by [[Lizz Meiring]], at [[Hoërskool Stellenbosch]], on 10 March, on the [[Sanlam Dramafees]] programme. The cast was [[Vinette Ebrahim]] and [[Christo Davids]]. Age restriction: no under-14s.
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 ==The original text==
-''[[My Naam/My Name is Ellen Pakkies]]'' is a bilingual (English/[[Afrikaans]]) play written by [[Lizz Meiring]] (1961-) after seeing [[Mike Duffets]]'s documentary on C&I, [[DStv]] one evening.
+''My name/My naam is Ellen Pakkies'' is a bilingual South African drama with text and direction by [[Lizz Meiring]], based on a tragic case that drew international attention. It tells the story of a mother whose helpless love for her drug-addicted (tik) son drives her to murder, and is ultimately a work about forgiveness, hope and survival.
-==Translations and adaptations==
+: Staged at the [[Woordfees|US Woordfees]], Stellenbosch, presented by [[The Sixth Sense]], with text and direction by [[Lizz Meiring]], at [[Hoërskool Stellenbosch]], on 10 March, on the Sanlam Dramafees programme. The cast was [[Vinette Ebrahim]] and [[Christo Davids]]. Age restriction: no under-14s.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 : Performed at the [[Joburg Promusica Theatre]] on 4 and 5 May, at the ''[[Absa Kirkwood Wildsfees]]'' on 30 June, at [[Die Boer]] theatre in Durbanville, Cape Town, from July 4 to 8.
-: A filmed [[Afrikaans]] version of a student production of the piece (the script wrongly ascribed to [[Karen Meiring]]) was placed on [[YouTube]] on 18 November. Directed by [[Chante Louw]] and featuring [[Chante Louw]], [[Theodore Distele]], [[Nasiphi Nkumbesi]] and [[Kabelo Sibanyoni]]. The video credits include: Camera by [[Dineo]], sound by [[Kabelo Sibanyoni]] and make-up by [[Nasiphi Nkumbesi]].
+: A filmed [[Afrikaans]] version of a student production of the piece (the script wrongly ascribed to [[Karen Meiring]]) was placed on [[YouTube]][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqx71NOiQDg] on 18 November. Directed by [[Chante Louw]] and featuring [[Chante Louw]], [[Theodore Distele]], [[Nasiphi Nkumbesi]] and [[Kabelo Sibanyoni]]. The video credits include: Camera by [[Dineo]], sound by [[Kabelo Sibanyoni]] and make-up by [[Nasiphi Nkumbesi]].
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	2012: Performed at the [[Joburg Promusica Theatre]] on 4 and 5 May, at the ''[[Absa Kirkwood Wildsfees]]'' on 30 June, at [[Die Boer]] theatre in Durbanville, Cape Town, from July 4 to 8.		2012: Performed at the [[Joburg Promusica Theatre]] on 4 and 5 May, at the ''[[Absa Kirkwood Wildsfees]]'' on 30 June, at [[Die Boer]] theatre in Durbanville, Cape Town, from July 4 to 8.
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		+	2020: A filmed [[Afrikaans]] version of a student production of the piece (the script wrongly ascribed to [[Karen Meiring]]) was placed on [[YouTube]] on 18 November. Directed by [[Chante Louw]] and featuring [[Chante Louw]], [[Theodore Distele]], [[Nasiphi Nkumbesi]] and [[Kabelo Sibanyoni]]. The video credits include: Camera by [[Dineo]], sound by [[Kabelo Sibanyoni]] and make-up by [[Nasiphi Nkumbesi]].

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		+	https://www.mediaupdate.co.za/media/35213/my-naamname-is-ellen-pakkies-producer-questions-accurate-reporting

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