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Tag Line: She was their teacher. They were her hope.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 6
Release Date: Sep 18, 1992
Rating: PG-13
Run Time: 1h 57m
Original Language: English
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Production Countries: South Africa , United Kingdom , United States of America , France
Production Companies: BBC , Miramax , Vanguard Films , Hollywood Pictures , Distant Horizon , Ideal , Les Films Ariane , Vanguard Productions , Videovision Entertainment
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Synopsis
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.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Production | Producer |
David M. Thompson
Anant Singh
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Executive Producer |
Helena Spring
Kirk D'Amico
Sudhir Pragjee
Sanjeev Singh
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Line Producer |
Tania Jenkins
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Writing | Screenplay |
William Nicholson
Mbongeni Ngema
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Theatre Play |
Mbongeni Ngema
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Editing | First Assistant Editor |
Megan Gill
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Editor |
Peter Hollywood
David Heitner
Sarah Thomas
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Art | Set Decoration |
Emilia Roux
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Production Design |
David Barkham
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Directing | Director |
Darrell James Roodt
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First Assistant Director |
Graham Hickson
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Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Debra-Lee Davidson
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Sound | Music |
Stanley Myers
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Supervising Sound Editor |
Nicky De Beer
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Crew | Cinematography |
Mark Vicente
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Special Effects Coordinator |
Rick Cresswell
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