Sarafina!

Sarafina!

Sarafina!

She was their teacher. They were her hope.

Sep 18, 1992 · 1h 57m · Music, Drama, Family

⭐ 6.1· 46 votes

Director Darrell James Roodt

Writer Mbongeni Ngema

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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.

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Cast

Leleti Khumalo

Leleti Khumalo

Sarafina

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Mary Masembuko

John Kani

John Kani

School Principal

Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba

Angelina

Mary Twala

Mary Twala

Sarafina's Grandmother

Dumisani Dlamini

Dumisani Dlamini

Crocodile

Mbongeni Ngema

Mbongeni Ngema

Sabela

Tertius Meintjes

Tertius Meintjes

Lieutenant Bloem

Robert Whitehead

Robert Whitehead

Interrogator

Greg Latter

Greg Latter

Policeman

Nicky Rebelo

Nicky Rebelo

Soldier

James Whyle

James Whyle

Soldier

Michelle Bestbier

Michelle Bestbier

Mrs. Hendricks

Patrick Ndlovu

Patrick Ndlovu

Victor Gumede

Somizi Mhlongo

Somizi Mhlongo

Fire

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