Sarafina! (1992)

Directed by

Darrell Roodt

Genre

drama film, musical film, comedy drama

Country

South Africa, France, United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A schoolgirl in 1970s South Africa is inspired by her teacher to stand up against apartheid. She leads her classmates in protests through song and dance.

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What happens

Sarafina! is a 1992 musical drama film based on Mbongeni Ngema's 1987 musical of the same name. The film was directed by Darrell Roodt and written by Ngema Mbongeni and William Nicholson, and stars Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba, John Kani, Ngema, and Whoopi Goldberg; Khumalo reprises her role from the stage performance. An international co-production of South Africa, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, the film premiered on 11 May 1992, at the Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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