Sarafina!
She was their teacher. They were her hope.
1992 · 1h 57m · PG-13
Drama, Family, Music
Directed by
Darrell James Roodt
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Sarafina!
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Darrell James Roodt Director
- 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
- Mbongeni Ngema as Sabela
- Tertius Meintjes as Lieutenant Bloem
- Robert Whitehead as Interrogator
- Greg Latter as Policeman
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