Embed iframe src "https://www.npr.org/player/embed/984652618/984830010" width "100%" height "290" frameborder "0" scrolling "no" title "NPR embedded audio player" Writer-director Oliver Hermanus created Moffie from an autobiographical novel by André Carl van der Merwe — but he gives the film an air of lived experience. Daniel Rutland Manners/IFC Films hide caption Writer-director Oliver Hermanus created Moffie from an autobiographical novel by André Carl van der Merwe — but he gives the film an air of lived experience. Daniel Rutland Manners/IFC Films It's Capetown, 1981. A family gathers for what looks like a back-slapping birthday party — but is actually a farewell. In the South African drama