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Sarafina!
1992PG-131h 57m6.1 / 10
She was their teacher. They were her hope.
A Soweto schoolgirl named Sarafina is galvanized to protest apartheid after her teacher is arrested for her activism, leading her to join the student resistance movement.
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Synopsis
A Soweto schoolgirl named Sarafina is galvanized to protest apartheid after her teacher is arrested for her activism, leading her to join the student resistance movement.
More about Sarafina!
Cast
Leleti KhumaloSarafina
Whoopi GoldbergMary Masembuko
John KaniSchool Principal
Miriam MakebaAngelina
Mary TwalaSarafina's Grandmother
Dumisani DlaminiCrocodile
Mbongeni NgemaSabela
Tertius MeintjesLieutenant BloemCredits
- Directed by
- Darrell James Roodt
- Written by
- William Nicholson, Mbongeni Ngema
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Box office
- $8.6M
Production
BBCUnited Kingdom
Vanguard FilmsUnited States
Distant HorizonSouth Africa- Ideal
- Les Films ArianeFrance
- Videovision EntertainmentSouth Africa
Themes
africaapartheidbased on play or musicalmusicalsouth africasoweto
