Sarafina!
1992, Film, 117 min, Drama, Musical, English, United States, MoviePedia score 64
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.
Directed by Darrell Roodt
Cast
- Whoopi Goldberg as Mary Masembuko
- Leleti Khumalo as Sarafina
- Miriam Makeba as Angelina
- John Kani as School Principal
- Dumisani Dlamini as Crocodile
- Mbongeni Ngema as Sabela
- Sipho Kunene as Guitar
- Tertius Meintjes as Lieutenant Bloem
- Robert Whitehead as Interrogator
- Somizi Mhlongo as Fire
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