On April 28, 1997, Morné and Celeste Nurse's firstborn was born - a baby girl they named Zephany. Three days later, that baby disappeared from her crib. They continued to search for her for 17 years until her second daughter, Cassidy, went to a new school in 2015 and met someone who looked like her. DNA tests have shown that she is their lost daughter. Zephany, who grew up as Miché Solomon, was taken to a place of safe custody and the mother she had known as her all her life was arrested and eventually sent to prison. However, Miché chose to stay with her abductor and not by her biological parents. This documentary tells a moving story of hope and loss.
Laurels: Best South African Documentary Film at the 2022 Durban International Film Festival
Film Festival Co-Presenter: Vancouver Foreign Film Society
Film Festival Community Partner: Grandmother's Advocacy Network
- Year2022
- Runtime92 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Afrikaans
- CountrySouth Africa
- GenreDocumentary
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningContains scenes of emotional violence
- DirectorFrançois Verster, Simon Wood
- ProducerNeasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane, Shameela Seedat, Francois Verster
- Executive ProducerGuy Davies, Jonathan Ford, Yolisa Phahle, Nomsa Philiso, Allan Sperling, Lesley McKimm, Nicola van Niekerk
- CinematographerMichael Carter, Fahema Hendricks, Chris Lotz, Felix Seuffert
- EditorBob Caldwell, Khalid Shamis, Mirjam Strugalla
- MusicPeter Coyte
On April 28, 1997, Morné and Celeste Nurse's firstborn was born - a baby girl they named Zephany. Three days later, that baby disappeared from her crib. They continued to search for her for 17 years until her second daughter, Cassidy, went to a new school in 2015 and met someone who looked like her. DNA tests have shown that she is their lost daughter. Zephany, who grew up as Miché Solomon, was taken to a place of safe custody and the mother she had known as her all her life was arrested and eventually sent to prison. However, Miché chose to stay with her abductor and not by her biological parents. This documentary tells a moving story of hope and loss.
Laurels: Best South African Documentary Film at the 2022 Durban International Film Festival
Film Festival Co-Presenter: Vancouver Foreign Film Society
Film Festival Community Partner: Grandmother's Advocacy Network
- Year2022
- Runtime92 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Afrikaans
- CountrySouth Africa
- GenreDocumentary
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningContains scenes of emotional violence
- DirectorFrançois Verster, Simon Wood
- ProducerNeasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane, Shameela Seedat, Francois Verster
- Executive ProducerGuy Davies, Jonathan Ford, Yolisa Phahle, Nomsa Philiso, Allan Sperling, Lesley McKimm, Nicola van Niekerk
- CinematographerMichael Carter, Fahema Hendricks, Chris Lotz, Felix Seuffert
- EditorBob Caldwell, Khalid Shamis, Mirjam Strugalla
- MusicPeter Coyte