Sophiatown
movie
Released August 16, 2003
Overview
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.
Runtime
1h 22m
Origin Country
United States
Original Language
English
Original Title
Sophiatown
Status
Released
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
Spoken Languages
- English
- Afrikaans (Afrikaans)
Production Companies
- no logo available
Little Bird
United States