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Plot:
Catch this inspirational story about a girl battling the oppression of apartheid in South Africa. Schoolgirl Sarafina lives in Soweto. Her mother lives in Johannesburg, where she works for a white fam...( read more 
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MCT:July 12, 2008Wow wow wow! That's all I have to say about Sarafina. Everytime I watch this, I'm alerted of the trials Africa's people went through & go through every single day & I cry everytime I watch the moving movie. Watch Sarafina!
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MCT:February 19, 2008Own it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoopi Goldberg stars in this musical take on the South African struggles against Apartheid in the mid-1970s, during the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela. An adaptation of Mbongeni Ngema's popular musical, which ran on Broadway from 1988 to 1989, Sarafina! recounts the political coming of age of the title character, a high school girl involved in the Soweto student protests of 1976. At first just a petulant bundle of energy, more interested in boys than civil rights, Sarafina (Leleti Khumalo) learns of the Afrikaaner oppression through the underground lectures of her teacher, Mary Masembuko (Goldberg). Sarafina's mother, who works as a servant in a white household and never sees her children, urges Sarafina to toe the line. But she can no longer turn a blind eye when the government imprisons her teacher and slaughters her would-be boyfriend during an arson protest. Incited to rebellion, the students kill a crooked black constable, leaving Sarafina to wrestle with their decision to use violence against the government's strictures. Ever tightening its grip, the ruling regime would kill 575 blacks over eight months in an attempt to quell the civil unrest. The sober subject matter is leavened by Ngema's jubilant songs and Michael Peters' electric choreography. -
MCT:August 30, 2007good songs and dances but rubbish film- my form tutor looks like whoopi goldberg the resemblense is so close it's freaky!
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MCT:August 29, 2007
'Sarafina a a a Sarafina you're the one'. Haven't seen this in a while but i can still remember the music. i laughed and cried...mostly cried, and i danced. Very inspiring story and Leleti was fabulous.
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MCT:August 10, 2007
This is an amazing movie. But i havnt watched it in more than 8 years. But i remember almost every detail
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MCT:August 2, 2007
one of my all time favs...whoopi and the girl...
the kids in the jail, the beatings, the fires...
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MCT:April 1, 2007
I first fell in love with the play so when the movie was made using some of the characters from the play, I had to jump on it and see if it still called out the same emotions. I was not disapointed and still feel the power, rage and sorrow when I watch it each time. A must see movie. A must see play.
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MCT:March 29, 2007
goldberg was awesome in this...i really never seen her play a role like this before..and since u know i love musicals and i love africa....i was overtaken!
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MCT:March 15, 2007
mayne dis be da saddest movie ive seen mayne...dose racist cunts r lucky dat dey dnt exist in dis generation coz dey would hav been gone long tyme....lmao!!!!
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MCT:August 22, 2006
To really see what oppression looks like is amazing this movie made me take more charge in my own life and take the time to help others
