01 Jan 1971
Life is Beautiful When You Are in Love
Turkish Pollyanna's story.
Sarafina!
She was their teacher. They were her hope.
The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The stage version presents a school uprising similar to the Soweto uprising on June 16, 1976. A narrator introduces several characters among them the school girl activist Sarafina. Things get out of control when a policeman shoots several pupils in a classroom. Nevertheless, the musical ends with a cheerful farewell show of pupils leaving school, which takes most of act two. In the movie version Sarafina feels shame at her mother's (played by Miriam Makeba in the film) acceptance of her role as domestic servant in a white household in apartheid South Africa, and inspires her peers to rise up in protest, especially after her inspirational teacher, Mary Masombuka (played by Whoopi Goldberg in the film version) is imprisoned.
Top Billed Cast
Leleti Khumalo Sarafina
Whoopi Goldberg Mary Masembuko
John Kani School Principal
Miriam Makeba Angelina
Mary Twala Sarafina's Grandmother
Tertius Meintjes Lieutenant Bloem
Robert Whitehead Interrogator
Greg Latter Policeman
Nicky Rebelo Soldier
James Whyle Soldier
Michelle Bestbier Mrs. Hendricks
Patrick Ndlovu Victor Gumede
Somizi Mhlongo Fire
Sipho Kunene Guitar
Nhlanhla Ngema Stimela
Faca Khulu Eddie
Wendy Mseleku China
James Mthoba Sarafina's Uncle
Gideon de Wet Policeman
Bheki Mqadi Moses
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