The short film
Gaele's journey, on screen
The film follows Gaele from Friesland, through the storms of the voyage, to the Cape in 1727. It is in Afrikaans, with English subtitles.
This trailer is the first part. The rest is in production, scene by scene, and we will share it as it is finished.
The book
The life of Gaele, told in his own voice
In Teen die Stormwinde in, Ernst van der Walt tells Gaele's life as if Gaele were telling it himself: his farewell to Friesland, the voyage, his years at the Cape, and his last years as a stock farmer in the Roggeveld.
It rests on the records: ship lists, Cape court papers, estate inventories and more than a thousand notes. The film is made from it.
Of the Forest, the free story on this site, is a separate book: told in English, a chapter a week. Read it here.
Coming as an e-book
Put your name down
We are preparing a digital edition with Ernst: in Afrikaans first, then in English. Put your name down and we will let you know when it is ready. There is nothing to pay now.
