Sarafina!
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 27, 2021
- Originally Released: 1992
- Label: Miramax
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Whoopi Goldberg | |
Performer: | Miriam Makeba, Leleti Khumalo, John Kani & Mbongeni Ngema | |
Directed by | Darrell Roodt | |
Screenplay by | Mbongeni Ngema & William Nicholson | |
Composition by | Stanley Myers | |
Produced by | Anant Singh & David M. Thompson |
Entertainment Reviews:
...Energetic, impassioned....A forceful mixture of celebration and fury...
New York Times
Rating: 2/4 --
This movie doesn't know what it believes.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 3/5 --
A rather bloody musical that captures the horror that was apartheid.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Rating: 3/5 --
It just doesn't work.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
...A vibrant and memorable film....This is wholehearted acting...
Los Angeles Times
...[A] heartfelt project, shot in Soweto township with an energetic cast of mostly unknowns...
USA Today
While Sarafina! is unabashedly propagandistic on behalf of its young black heroes, even the viewpoint of the murdered black constable can be felt -- with Ngema himself as the charming yet unprincipled quisling.
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Hartford Courant
Product Description:
A South African girl, named Sarafina, lives with her aunt and uncle in Soweto where she attends school. Her mother works as a maid in a white household in Johannesburg, and the two rarely see each other. Sarafina battles her feelings of abandonment and disappointment with passionate hero-worship of both imprisoned political activist Nelson Mandela and her rebellious history teacher, Mary Masombuka. Mary encourages the children to be proud of who they are, and aware of the political forces that rule their lives. She even helps the pupils put on a play expressing their desire for the eventual release of Mandela.
But when one of Sarafina's classmates gets involved in an arson attack, the police crack down hard on the students. As a result, the children boycott white-owned stores in the neighborhood, and tensions begin to rise. Even as Mary reassures Sarafina that she dreams of a free and peaceful South Africa, violence erupts throughout the township. A riot ensues when policemen fire at some of the children, and Sarafina faces years of imprisonment and torture for her role in the protest. Eventually, she is released and reunited with her mother. Finally together, the two women find mutual respect for the very different ways they both struggle against the oppressive forces dominating their lives.
But when one of Sarafina's classmates gets involved in an arson attack, the police crack down hard on the students. As a result, the children boycott white-owned stores in the neighborhood, and tensions begin to rise. Even as Mary reassures Sarafina that she dreams of a free and peaceful South Africa, violence erupts throughout the township. A riot ensues when policemen fire at some of the children, and Sarafina faces years of imprisonment and torture for her role in the protest. Eventually, she is released and reunited with her mother. Finally together, the two women find mutual respect for the very different ways they both struggle against the oppressive forces dominating their lives.
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- UPC: 191329204399
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