Sarafina!
1992 · Movie · 1h 57m · PG-13
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"She was their teacher. They were her hope."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
60%
Key crew
- Darrell James RoodtDirector
- Stanley MyersOriginal Music Composer
- Mbongeni NgemaScreenplay
- William NicholsonScreenplay
Cast
- Leleti KhumaloSarafina
- Whoopi GoldbergMary Masembuko
- John KaniSchool Principal
- Miriam MakebaAngelina
- Mary TwalaSarafina's Grandmother
- Dumisani DlaminiCrocodile
- Mbongeni NgemaSabela
- Tertius MeintjesLieutenant Bloem
- Robert WhiteheadInterrogator
- Greg LatterPoliceman
- Nicky RebeloSoldier
- James WhyleSoldier
Stills
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Themes
africasouth africaapartheidmusicalbased on play or musicalsoweto