Chickens can Fly

“Perceptions condense reality. Pieter van der Westhuizen's life portrait.”

Pieter discovered at a very young age that “the world he found himself in was not a comfortable one”. At around the age of four he decided that this life was not for him so he began creating another world for himself – in pictures. This documentary follows the life path of Pieter van der Westhuizen. It displays his great talent and his extraordinary adaption to a life that was not without challenges - his fascination with Israel, his failed marriages and the influence that his life tragedies had on creating the world that he chose to escape to through his art.

Director

Paulene Abrey

Screenplay

Paulene Abrey

Screenplay

Marietha van Heerden

Status

Released

Release date

22/02/2010

Original language

English