''Voices of Sarafina!'' is a 1988 American
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
about the
anti-apartheid musical stage play ''
Sarafina!'' directed by
Nigel Noble. It was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
1989 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
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Leleti Khumalo as Sarafina
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Baby Cele as Mistress Itsapity
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Pat Mlaba as Colgate
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Miriam Makeba
Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she w ...
as Herself
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Mary Twala as Sarafina's Grandmother
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Mbongeni Ngema
Mbongeni Ngema (born 1 June 1956) is a South African writer, lyricist, composer, director, choreographer and theatre producer, born in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal (near Durban). He started his career as a theatre backing guitarist. He wrote the mu ...
as Sabela
References
External links
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1988 films
American documentary films
Films directed by Nigel Noble
Documentary films about theatre
Documentary films about apartheid
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
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