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Sarafina! (1992) · Cineora

Sarafina! poster

A DARRELL JAMES ROODT FILM

Sarafina!

19921h 57mPG-13Movie

DramaFamilyMusic

IMDb6.4/ 10 · 2.5K votes

SHE WAS THEIR TEACHER. THEY WERE HER HOPE.

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.

Inspiring
Uplifting
Bittersweet
Growing up
War
Music

Pace: Brisk
Intensity: Intense
Complexity: Some focus

Good for teens and talking about after. Contains graphic violence and a child in peril.

DirectorDarrell James Roodt

FormatFeature film

TMDB6.2 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Leleti KhumaloSarafina

Whoopi GoldbergMary Masembuko

John KaniSchool Principal

Miriam MakebaAngelina

Mary TwalaSarafina's Grandmother

Dumisani DlaminiCrocodile

Mbongeni NgemaSabela

Tertius MeintjesLieutenant Bloem

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