Sarafina! (film)

Sarafina!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDarrell James Roodt
Screenplay by
Based on
Sarafina!
by
Produced byAnant Singh
Starring
CinematographyMark Vicente
Edited by
  • Peter Hollywood
  • Sarah Thomas
Music by
  • Mbongeni Ngema (songs)
  • Hugh Masekela (songs)
  • Stanley Myers (score)
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 11 May 1992 (1992-05-11) (Cannes)
  • 18 September 1992 (1992-09-18) (US)
  • 9 October 1992 (1992-10-09) (South Africa)
  • 15 January 1993 (1993-01-15) (UK)
  • 3 March 1993 (1993-03-03) (France)
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesUnited States
South Africa
United Kingdom
France
LanguageEnglish
Box office$8.6 million (South Africa/US)

Sarafina! is a 1992 musical drama film based on Mbongeni Ngema's 1987 musical of the same name. The film was directed by Darrell Roodt and written by Ngema Mbongeni and William Nicholson, and stars Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba, John Kani, Ngema, and Whoopi Goldberg; Khumalo reprises her role from the stage performance.

An international co-production of South Africa, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, the film premiered on 11 May 1992, at the Cannes Film Festival.