''Voices of Sarafina!'' is a 1988 American

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

about the anti-apartheid musical stage play '' Sarafina!'' directed by

Nigel Noble Nigel Noble (born 1943) is an English sound mixer, film director and producer. He won an Academy Award in 1982 for ''Close Harmony'' in the category of Best Documentary Short Subject. Seven years later his film '' Voices of Sarafina!'' was sc ...

. It was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (; '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 with unusua ...

section at the

1989 Cannes Film Festival The 42nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1989. West German filmmaker Wim Wenders served as jury president for the main competition. American filmmaker Steven Soderbergh won the '' Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for his ...

Cast

Leleti Khumalo Leleti Khumalo (born 30 March 1970) is a South African actress known for her leading role in the movie and stage play '' Sarafina!'' and for her roles in other films including ''Hotel Rwanda'', '' Yesterday'' and ''Invictus'', as well as the soa ...

as Sarafina * Baby Cele as Mistress Itsapity * Pat Mlaba as Colgate *

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 African popular music, Afropop, ja ...

as Herself *

Mary Twala Mary Kuksie Twala OIS (14 September 1939 – 4 July 2020) was a South African actress. In 2011, she was nominated for Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Career Twala featured in several South African local produc ...

as Sarafina's Grandmother *

Mbongeni Ngema Mbongeni Ngema (10 May 1955 – 27 December 2023) was a South African playwright, lyricist, composer, director, choreographer, and theatre producer, best known for co-writing the 1981 play '' Woza Albert!'' and co-writing (with Hugh Masekela) t ...

as Sabela

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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 English-language documentary films {{poli-documentary-film-stub