Ellen: The Story of Ellen Pakkies

The true story of Ellen Pakkies, a black South African woman who killed her grown son Abie in Cape Flats, a poverty-stricken, crime-ridden township in Cape Town. Starting with the murder, it relates – in parallel to what followed – how she came to the decision. Abie went off the rails as a teen when he discovered he was the result of a rape. Frustrated, he started doing the readily available crystal meth. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)