Sep 18, 1992
117 min
Full-HD

Sarafina! (1992)

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.

Category

Music Drama Family

Country

South Africa United Kingdom United States of America France

Companies

BBC Vanguard Films Distant Horizon Ideal Les Films Ariane Videovision Entertainment Hollywood Pictures Miramax

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

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