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Sarafina!

1992117 min 6.2 TMDBIMDb ↗Released

“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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Release / first air1992-09-18
Original languageEN
GenresMusic, Drama, Family
DirectorDarrell James Roodt
WriterWilliam Nicholson
BudgetNot available
Revenue$8,606,242
ProductionBBC, Vanguard Films

Cast & Crew

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10 cast members
Leleti KhumaloLeleti KhumaloSarafina
Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi GoldbergMary Masembuko
John KaniJohn KaniSchool Principal
Miriam MakebaMiriam MakebaAngelina
Mary TwalaMary TwalaSarafina's Grandmother
Dumisani DlaminiDumisani DlaminiCrocodile
Mbongeni NgemaMbongeni NgemaSabela
Tertius MeintjesTertius MeintjesLieutenant Bloem
Robert WhiteheadRobert WhiteheadInterrogator
Greg LatterGreg LatterPoliceman

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#africa#south africa#apartheid#musical#based on play or musical#soweto

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