Sarafina

Sarafina (1992)

  • 50% of critics liked it
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  • 82% of users liked it
    (6,140 ratings)

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… More

In Theaters
Sep 18, 1992 Wide
Miramax

Critic Reviews

  • Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

    A rather bloody musical that captures the horror that was apartheid.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    It just doesn't work.

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