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.
Is Sarafina! on Netflix? Yes! The movie Sarafina! is now on Netflix in the countries listed below.
Directing | Darrell James Roodt | Director |
Camera | Mark Vicente | Director of Photography |
Sound | Stanley Myers | Original Music Composer |
Production | Sanjeev Singh | Executive Producer |
Production | Helena Spring | Executive Producer |
Art | Emilia Roux | Set Decoration |
Directing | Graham Hickson | First Assistant Director |
Writing | William Nicholson | Screenplay |
Production | Sudhir Pragjee | Executive Producer |
Editing | Sarah Thomas | Editor |
Art | David Barkham | Production Design |
Production | Tania Jenkins | Line Producer |
Editing | David Heitner | Editor |
Writing | Mbongeni Ngema | Screenplay |
Production | Kirk D'Amico | Executive Producer |
Writing | Mbongeni Ngema | Theatre Play |
Production | Anant Singh | Producer |
Editing | Peter Hollywood | Editor |
Crew | Rick Cresswell | Special Effects Coordinator |
Sound | Nicky De Beer | Supervising Sound Editor |
Production | David M. Thompson | Producer |
Editing | Megan Gill | First Assistant Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Debra-Lee Davidson | Makeup Artist |
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