Sarafina!
Seen it?1992 | 117 min | Music, Drama, Family
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for families. If you loved Better Man or Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 57 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
60% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$9 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 70K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Darrell James Roodt
- Leleti KhumaloSarafina
- Whoopi GoldbergMary Masembuko
- John KaniSchool Principal
- Miriam MakebaAngelina
- Mary TwalaSarafina's Grandmother
- Dumisani DlaminiCrocodile
- Mbongeni NgemaSabela
- Tertius MeintjesLieutenant Bloem
- Robert WhiteheadInterrogator
- Greg LatterPoliceman