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Sarafina!
She was their teacher. They were her hope.
Sep 18, 1992 · 1h 57m
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Music
Drama
Family
PLOT
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.
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CAST
Leleti Khumalo
Sarafina
Whoopi Goldberg
Mary Masembuko
John Kani
School Principal
Miriam Makeba
Angelina
Mary Twala
Sarafina's Grandmother
Dumisani Dlamini
Crocodile
Mbongeni Ngema
Sabela
Tertius Meintjes
Lieutenant Bloem
Directed by
Darrell James Roodt
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
$8,606,242
Production
BBC, Vanguard Films, Distant Horizon, Ideal, Les Films Ariane, Videovision Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax
Country
ZA, US
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