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Sarafina! (1992)

ALL 09/18/1992 (en) Music, Drama, Family 117 Min
  • Release
    09/18/1992
  • Production
    BBC, Vanguard Films, Distant Horizon, Ideal, Les Films Ariane, Videovision Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax
  • Rotten tomato
    61%
  • Original title
    Sarafina!
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

She was their teacher. They were her hope.

Overview

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.

  2. Story



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Casts

  1. Leleti Khumalo

    Sarafina

  2. Whoopi Goldberg

    Mary Masembuko

  3. John Kani

    School Principal

  4. Miriam Makeba

    Angelina

  5. Mary Twala

    Sarafina's Grandmother

  6. Dumisani Dlamini

    Crocodile

  7. Mbongeni Ngema

    Sabela

  8. Tertius Meintjes

    Lieutenant Bloem

  9. Robert Whitehead

    Interrogator

  10. Greg Latter

    Policeman

  11. Nicky Rebelo

    Soldier

  12. James Whyle

    Soldier

  13. Michelle Bestbier

    Mrs. Hendricks

  14. Patrick Ndlovu

    Victor Gumede

  15. Somizi Mhlongo

    Fire

  16. Sipho Kunene

    Guitar

  17. Nhlanhla Ngema

    Stimela

  18. Faca Khulu

    Eddie

  19. Wendy Mseleku

    China

  20. James Mthoba

    Sarafina's Uncle

  21. Gideon de Wet

    Policeman

  22. Bheki Mqadi

    Moses

  23. Patrick Manqele

    Preacher

  24. Sibusiso Ngema

    Funeral Leader

  25. Zanele Sangweni

    Lindiwe

  26. Ayanda Nhlangothi

    Thulani

  27. Bafana Hendricks

    Jabu

  28. Pheto Wildeman

    Nhanhla

  29. Xolani Dlamini

    Sarafina's Brother

  30. Siya Ngcobo

    Sarafina's Brother

  31. Louis Seboko

    Joe Masombuka

  32. Sam Ngakane

    Guitar's Father

  33. Doris Sehula

    Woman Shopper

  34. Dominic Skosana

    Prison Guard

  35. Ishmael Boikanyo

    Prison Guard

  36. Siphamandla Ngcamu

    Testimonies / Crocodile's Gang Member / Dancer

  37. Mfana 'Jones' Hlope

    Testimonies / Crocodile's Gang Member / Dancer

  38. Congo Radebe

    Silence

  39. Thulani Didi

    Crocodile's Gang Member / Dancer

  40. Vincent Ngobese

    Crocodile's Gang Member / Dancer

  41. Vukani Dlamini

    Crocodile's Gang Member / Dancer (as Vukani 'Marko' Dlamini)

  42. Gugwana Dlamini

    Sarafina's Friend / Dancer

  43. Dipou Lehlongwa

    Sarafina's Friend / Dancer

  44. Khuluiwe Sithole

    Sarafina's Friend / Dancer

  45. Batho Mhlongo

    Sarafina's Friend / Dancer

  46. Billy Mashigo

    Shebeen Drinker

  47. Dixon Malele

    Shebeen Drinker

  48. Eric Seema

    Shebeen Drinker

  49. Velaphi Msini

    Teacher

  50. Mate Bashe

    Teacher

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 85 , Crews : 31

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Sarafina! (1992) 117 Min

ALL 09/18/1992 (en)
Music, Drama, Family
  • Release 09/18/1992
  • Production
    BBC, Vanguard Films, Distant Horizon, Ideal, Les Films Ariane, Videovision Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax
  • Original title Sarafina!
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

She was their teacher. They were her hope.

Overview

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.

  1. Darrell James Roodt

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Peter Hollywood, David Heitner, Sarah Thomas

    Editor

  4. David M. Thompson, Anant Singh

    Producer



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