Movie

Snake Dancer

“Little girls shouldn’t play with snakes.”

With the oppressive climate of 1970s South Africa as the backdrop, this erotic biopic tells the story of Glenda Kemp (playing herself), a former Sunday school teacher who becomes an exotic dancer -- and provocatively shares the stage with a python. Creating an uproar and breaking every taboo in the book with her act, Kemp soon finds herself charged with indecency as the government attempts to ban her seductive performance art.

Director

Dirk de Villiers

Screenplay

Michael McCabe

Status

Released

Release date

28/03/1976

Original language

English