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61% Critic Match
Sarafina!
“She was their teacher. They were her hope.”
6.1 / 10• 1992• 1h 57m•PG-13• English
MusicDramaFamily
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Leleti Khumalo
Sarafina
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Darrell James Roodt's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sarafina! is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
