Sarafina!

Where to Watch Sarafina! (1992) (Legally)

She was their teacher. They were her hope.
Sep 18, 1992 ZA 117 min PG-13
6.1 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
47 votes
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What to expect (spoiler-free)

Planning a movie night? This is a spoiler-free snapshot of “ (1992).

Genre-wise, it leans into Music, Drama, Family, with a runtime around 117 minutes.

Audience signals on TMDB currently show an average rating of 6.1/10 from about 47 votes.

The listed certification for some regions is “ (ratings vary by country).

Topics & keywords

africa, south africa, apartheid, musical, based on play or musical, soweto

Official trailer

Watch the official trailer on YouTube

Plot

A Soweto schoolgirl named Sarafina is galvanized to protest apartheid after her teacher is arrested for her activism, leading her to join the student resistance movement.

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Gallery

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Main cast

Leleti Khumalo
as Sarafina
Whoopi Goldberg
as Mary Masembuko
John Kani
as School Principal
Miriam Makeba
as Angelina
Mary Twala
as Sarafina's Grandmother
Dumisani Dlamini
as Crocodile
Tertius Meintjes
as Lieutenant Bloem
Robert Whitehead
as Interrogator
Greg Latter
as Policeman