![]() The film also attempts to explore unanswered questions, such as why prison officials tolerated the relationship for a full decade before Blank and Jacobsz were executed. The film also stars Shaun Smyth as Virgil Niven, a Scottish botanist who befriends Blank for his knowledge of South African flora, but may in fact have his own sexual interest in Blank. ![]() Their relationship also had a racial component, as Jacobsz was a white Dutchman, while Blank was a black Khoi. Set in 18th-century South Africa, the film dramatizes the true story of Claas Blank ( Rouxnet Brown) and Rijkhaart Jacobsz ( Neil Sandilands), two prisoners on Robben Island who were executed for sodomy in 1735. Although the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2003, it did not have a general theatrical release until 2005. ![]() Proteus is a film by Canadian director John Greyson.
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