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Sarafina! (1992)

Movie"She was their teacher. They were her hope."
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PG-13 1 hr 57 minSep 18th, 1992Drama, Music, Family
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The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The stage version presents a school uprising similar to the Soweto uprising on June 16, 1976. A narrator introduces several characters among them the school girl activist Sarafina. Things get out of control when a policeman shoots several pupils in a classroom. Nevertheless, the musical ends with a cheerful farewell show of pupils leaving school, which takes most of act two. In the movie version Sarafina feels shame at her mother's (played by Miriam Makeba in the film) acceptance of her role as domestic servant in a white household in apartheid South Africa, and inspires her peers to rise up in protest, especially after her inspirational teacher, Mary Masombuka (played by Whoopi Goldberg in the film version) is imprisoned.
StarringLeleti KhumaloWhoopi GoldbergJohn Kani
DirectorDarrell James Roodt

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 18th, 1992
On DVD & Blu-ray:June 4th, 2002 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Helena Spring, Sanjeev Singh, Kirk D'Amico, Sudhir Pragjee
Production Companies:BBC, Vanguard Films, Distant Horizon, Ideal, Les Films Ariane, Videovision Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax
Movie Tags:
musicalbased on play or musicalafricasouth africaapartheidsoweto