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Sarafina!
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6.1A 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.
Released: 1992-09-18117 minDir: Darrell James RoodtMusic, Drama, FamilyBox office: $8.6M
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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
- Dumisani Dlamini as Crocodile
Themes
- africa
- south africa
- apartheid
- musical
- based on play or musical
- soweto
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
2,316 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
60%
- Year
- 1992
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Drama, Musical
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Darrell Roodt
- Screenwriter
- Mbongeni Ngema
- Cast member
- John Kani
- Composer
- Stanley Myers
- Producer
- Ian Bryce
- Production company
- Hollywood Pictures
- Narrative location
- South Africa
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 306138
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- publication date
- 1993-04-08
- title
- Sarafina!
- distributed by
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 60%
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