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.
Directed byDarrell James Roodt
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- September 18, 1992
- Revenue
- $8,606,242
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Leleti Khumalo
Sarafina
Whoopi Goldberg
Mary Masembuko
John Kani
School Principal
Miriam Makeba
Angelina
Mary Twala
Sarafina's Grandmother
Dumisani Dlamini
Crocodile
Mbongeni Ngema
Sabela
Tertius Meintjes
Lieutenant Bloem
Robert Whitehead
Interrogator
Greg Latter
Policeman
- Directed by
- Darrell James Roodt
- Written by
- William Nicholson
Mbongeni Ngema - Produced by
- David M. Thompson
Anant Singh
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