Sarafina!
movie
She was their teacher. They were her hope.
Released September 18, 1992
Overview
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.
Cast
Leleti Khumalo
as
Sarafina
Whoopi Goldberg
as
Mary Masembuko
John Kani
as
School Principal
Miriam Makeba
as
Angelina
Mary Twala
as
Sarafina's Grandmother
Dumisani Dlamini
as
Crocodile
Mbongeni Ngema
as
Sabela
Tertius Meintjes
as
Lieutenant Bloem
Robert Whitehead
as
Interrogator
Greg Latter
as
Policeman
Nicky Rebelo
as
Soldier
James Whyle
as
Soldier
Crew
Darrell James Roodt
as
Director
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Mark Vicente
as
Director of Photography
Stanley Myers
as
Original Music Composer
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Sanjeev Singh
as
Executive Producer
Helena Spring
as
Executive Producer
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Emilia Roux
as
Set Decoration
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Graham Hickson
as
First Assistant Director
William Nicholson
as
Screenplay
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Sudhir Pragjee
as
Executive Producer
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Sarah Thomas
as
Editor
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David Barkham
as
Production Design
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Tania Jenkins
as
Line Producer