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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.
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117 min
1992-09-18
Released
English
44
6.1
Sarafina
Mary Masembuko
School Principal
Angelina
Sarafina's Grandmother
Crocodile
Sabela
Lieutenant Bloem
Interrogator
Policeman
Soldier
Soldier
Mrs. Hendricks
Victor Gumede
Fire
Guitar
Stimela
Eddie
China
Sarafina's Uncle
Policeman
Moses
Preacher
Funeral Leader
Lindiwe
Thulani
Jabu
Nhanhla
Sarafina's Brother
Sarafina's Brother
Joe Masombuka
Guitar's Father
Woman Shopper
Prison Guard
Prison Guard
Testimonies / Crocodile's Gang Member / Dancer
Testimonies / Crocodile's Gang Member / Dancer
Silence
Crocodile's Gang Member / Dancer
Crocodile's Gang Member / Dancer
Crocodile's Gang Member / Dancer (as Vukani 'Marko' Dlamini)
Sarafina's Friend / Dancer
Sarafina's Friend / Dancer
Sarafina's Friend / Dancer
Sarafina's Friend / Dancer
Shebeen Drinker
Shebeen Drinker
Shebeen Drinker
Teacher
Teacher
Teacher
Woman Shopper
Woman Shopper
Dancer (as Sindiswa Dlathu)
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Police Officer (uncredited)
Dancer / Singer (uncredited)
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