Sarafina! (film)

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Sarafina!
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Darrell James Roodt
Screenplay by	William Nicholson Mbongeni Ngema
Based on	Sarafina! by Mbongeni Ngema Hugh Masekela
Produced by	Anant Singh
Starring	Whoopi Goldberg Miriam Makeba John Kani Mbongeni Ngema Leleti Khumalo
Cinematography	Mark Vicente
Edited by	Peter Hollywood Sarah Thomas
Music by	Mbongeni Ngema (songs) Hugh Masekela (songs) Stanley Myers (score)
Production companies	Hollywood Pictures[1] Miramax Films[2] Distant Horizon BBC
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (United States)[note 1] Les Films Ariane (France) Warner Bros. (United Kingdom)
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
Countries	United States South Africa United Kingdom France
Language	English
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.

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