Sophiatown

Synopsis

Little Bird's first South African production, SOPHIATOWN has won the award for Best Documentary at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival 2003. SOPHIATOWN celebrates the great popular jazz music of the 1950's in South Africa; a rich tradition deserving international attention. Director Pascale Lamche, traces the music, uncovers the artists who created it and the unique culture in which it thrived, concentrated in Sophiatown, Johannesburg's own Harlem, which fuelled by liberation politics until its destruction by the Apartheid regime. The film features Nelson Mandela and such household names from the jazz world as Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jonas Gwangwa and Caiphus Semenya.

Main Cast

Jonas Gwangwa

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Abdullah Ibrahim

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Nelson Mandela

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 28%

Hugh Masekela

Himself

Age : 78 | Popularity : 13%

Dorothy Masuka

Herself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Jürgen Schadeberg

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Dolly Rathebe

herself

Age : 76 | Popularity : 10%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Pascale Lamche
Directing	Director	Pascale Lamche
Production	Producer	Indra De Lanerolle Pascale Lamche Rob Lowdon James Mitchell Lebohang Morake
Crew	Cinematography	Dominic Black
	Video Assist Operator	Louise Mycielski
Editing	Editor	Catherine Meyburgh
Sound	Sound Editor	Wilbert Schübel
	Sound Director	Bheki Khoza
Department	Role	Name

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