White Gold is a 2010 South African film, directed by Jayan Moodley and Paul Railton,Martin Botha, South African Cinema, 1896–2010 (Intellect Books, 2012), p. 280. produced by African Lotus Productions in association with Serendipity Productions and African Mediums. Its release was timed to coincide with the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Indian presence in South Africa. The film is a historical drama revolving around the experiences of Indian indentured labourers recruited for the sugar plantations of the 19th-century Colony of Natal, and their children and grandchildren.Lindy Stiebel, "Planted Firmly in South African Soul: Literary Recollections of Indenture", in Relations and Networks in South African Indian Writing, edited by Felicity Hand and Esther Pujolràs-Noguer (Brill, 2018), p. 16. Jayan Moodley, who wrote the script and co-directed, was inspired by her own family history.Haseenah Ebrahim, "South Africa", in Women Screenwriters: An International Guide, edited by Jill Nelmes, Jule Selbo (Springer, 2015), p. 42.
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