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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 |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | She was their teacher. They were her hope. |
Certification: | PG-13 |
Details
Genres: Music, Drama, Family
Language: English, isiZulu
Release Date: 18 September 1992
Country: ZA, GB, US, FR
Runtime: 117m
Company Credits
Company: BBC, Vanguard Films, Distant Horizon, Ideal, Les Films Ariane, Videovision Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax
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Cast
Leleti Khumalo |
Sarafina |
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Whoopi Goldberg |
Mary Masembuko |
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John Kani |
School Principal |
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Miriam Makeba |
Angelina |
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Mary Twala |
Sarafina's Grandmother |
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Dumisani Dlamini |
Crocodile |
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Mbongeni Ngema |
Sabela |
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Tertius Meintjes |
Lieutenant Bloem |
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Robert Whitehead |
Interrogator |
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Greg Latter |
Policeman |
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Nicky Rebelo |
Soldier |
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James Whyle |
Soldier |
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Michelle Bestbier |
Mrs. Hendricks |
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Patrick Ndlovu |
Victor Gumede |
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Somizi Mhlongo |
Fire |
Directed By
Darrell James Roodt |
Director |
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Graham Hickson |
First Assistant Director |
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Writing Credits
William Nicholson |
Screenplay |
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Mbongeni Ngema |
Screenplay |
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Mbongeni Ngema |
Theatre Play |
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Production Crew
David M. Thompson |
Producer |
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Tania Jenkins |
Line Producer |
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Helena Spring |
Executive Producer |
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Sanjeev Singh |
Executive Producer |
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Kirk D'Amico |
Executive Producer |
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Sudhir Pragjee |
Executive Producer |
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Anant Singh |
Producer |
Edited By
Peter Hollywood |
Editor |
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David Heitner |
Editor |
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Sarah Thomas |
Editor |
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Megan Gill |
First Assistant Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Debra-Lee Davidson |
Makeup Artist |
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Sound
Stanley Myers |
Original Music Composer |
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Nicky De Beer |
Supervising Sound Editor |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Mark Vicente |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Emilia Roux |
Set Decoration |
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David Barkham |
Production Design |
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Other Crew
Rick Cresswell |
Special Effects Coordinator |
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