She was their teacher. They were her hope.

Sarafina!

6.11992 · 1h 57m · EN

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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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Leleti Khumalo

Sarafina

Whoopi Goldberg

Mary Masembuko

John Kani

School Principal

Miriam Makeba

Angelina

Mary Twala

Sarafina's Grandmother

Dumisani Dlamini

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Mbongeni Ngema

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