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Sarafina!

Name: Sarafina!
Released: 1992

1992

A spirited Soweto schoolgirl is galvanized into the anti-apartheid struggle when her beloved teacher is arrested, joining the student uprising of 1976. A rousing musical drama of youth and resistance.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from South Africa

This film is stop 8 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through South Africa. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps South Africa in the 196 country film challenge.