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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 18, 1992
Box Office
$8.6M
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 4, 2002
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
BBC, Vanguard Films, Distant Horizon, Ideal, Les Films Ariane, Videovision Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax
Cast
Full credits →L
Leleti Khumalo
Sarafina
W
Whoopi Goldberg
Mary Masembuko
J
John Kani
School Principal
M
Miriam Makeba
Angelina
M
Mary Twala
Sarafina's Grandmother
D
Dumisani Dlamini
Crocodile
M
Mbongeni Ngema
Sabela
T
Tertius Meintjes
Lieutenant Bloem
R
Robert Whitehead
Interrogator
G
Greg Latter
Policeman
N
Nicky Rebelo
Soldier
J
James Whyle
Soldier
M
Michelle Bestbier
Mrs. Hendricks
P
Patrick Ndlovu
Victor Gumede
S
Somizi Mhlongo
Fire
G
Gideon de Wet
Policeman
S
Sam Ngakane
Guitar's Father
S
Sindi Dlathu
Dancer (as Sindiswa Dlathu)
J
John Lata
Dancer
D
Dieketseng Mnisi
Dancer / Singer (uncredited)
