''Sophiatown'' is a 2003 documentary film.
Sophiatown in the 1950s was a suburb of
Johannesburg South Africa where all races mixed in defiance of
apartheid. Sophiatown was famous for
jazz and black
gangsters heavily influenced by
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n film who spoke a slang called
Tsotsitaal.
This era is revisited by some of the artists who lived there and they ''call back the past'' in two concerts.
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Apartheid films
2003 films
Irish documentary films
South African documentary films
Afrikaans-language films
Films shot in South Africa
2000s English-language films
English-language documentary films
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