Music ·Drama ·Family · South Africa · 1992 · 1h 57m

Sarafina!

Sarafina! poster
Director
Darrell James Roodt
Cast
Leleti Khumalo as Sarafina Whoopi Goldberg as Mary Masembuko John Kani as School Principal Miriam Makeba as Angelina Mary Twala as Sarafina's Grandmother Dumisani Dlamini as Crocodile
Crew
Mark Vicente — Director of Photography David Heitner — Editor Peter Hollywood — Editor Sarah Thomas — Editor Stanley Myers — Original Music Composer Mbongeni Ngema — Screenplay
Tagline

She was their teacher. They were her hope.

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.

Trailer Sarafina! — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
africasouth africaapartheidmusicalbased on play or musicalsoweto
Key Collaborators
Darrell James Roodt Director Mark Vicente Director of Photography David Heitner Editor Peter Hollywood Editor Sarah Thomas Editor Stanley Myers Original Music Composer Mbongeni Ngema Screenplay William Nicholson Screenplay David M. Thompson Producer Anant Singh Producer David Barkham Production Design
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