Sarafina!

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South African film film musical drama film

Sarafina! is a 1992 South African musical drama film about a young girl’s coming-of-age during the Soweto uprising against apartheid.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South African film → film → musical drama film →
basedOn	Sarafina! (stage musical) →
basedOnWorkAuthor	Mbongeni Ngema →
character	Mary Masombuka → Sarafina → Sarafina's mother →
cinematographyBy	Mark Vicente →
countryOfOrigin	South Africa →
director	Darrell Roodt →
distributedBy	Buena Vista Pictures → Hollywood Pictures →
editedBy	David Heitner →
filmingLocation	Johannesburg → Soweto →
genre	anti-apartheid film → drama film → musical film →
hasTheme	education and empowerment → freedom struggle → oppression and resistance →
mainSubject	Soweto uprising → apartheid in South Africa → student protest →
musicBy	Hugh Masekela → Mbongeni Ngema →
narrativeFocus	young girl’s coming-of-age →
notableSong	Freedom Is Coming Tomorrow → Sarafina →
originalLanguage	English →
portrays	police brutality → political activism → student resistance to apartheid →
producer	Anant Singh → Leleti Khumalo →
releaseDate	1992-05-11 →
releaseYear	1992 →
runningTime	117 minutes →
screenwriter	Mbongeni Ngema → William Nicholson →
setInCountry	South Africa →
setInPeriod	1970s →
setInPlace	Soweto →
starring	John Kani → Leleti Khumalo → Mbongeni Ngema → Miriam Makeba → Whoopi Goldberg →
title	Sarafina! →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sarafina! ("Sarafina! (stage musical)") →	basedOn
Sarafina! ("Sarafina") →	character
Sarafina! ("Sarafina") →	notableSong
Whoopi Goldberg →	notableWork
Sarafina! →	title