She was their teacher. They were her hope.
The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The stage version presents a school uprising similar to the Soweto uprising on June 16, 1976. A narrator introduces several characters among them the school girl activist Sarafina. Things get out of control when a policeman shoots several pupils in a classroom. Nevertheless, the musical ends with a cheerful farewell show of pupils leaving school, which takes most of act two. In the movie version Sarafina feels shame at her mother's (played by Miriam Makeba in the film) acceptance of her role as domestic servant in a white household in apartheid South Africa, and inspires her peers to rise up in protest, especially after her inspirational teacher, Mary Masombuka (played by Whoopi Goldberg in the film version) is imprisoned.
Save the Last Dance
Drama, Family, Romance, Music
6.5
The Substitute
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.9
Ruthless People
Comedy
6.6
The Color of Friendship
TV Movie, Family, Drama
6.9
Cooley High
Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.0
Ghost
Fantasy, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
7.2
Ready or Not
Horror, Comedy
7.0
Joker
Crime, Thriller, Drama
8.1
Ghostbusters
Comedy, Fantasy
7.5
Cruella
Comedy, Crime, Adventure
8.0
Knives Out
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
7.8
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
7.4
Cyborg
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Adventure
5.7
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
7.5
Babylon
Drama, Comedy
7.4
Next Goal Wins
Comedy, Drama
6.4
Avatar: The Way of Water
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
7.6
RoboCop
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
7.3
GoodFellas
Drama, Crime
8.5
The Substance
Horror, Science Fiction
7.1
Nayagan Nayagi
Drama
0.0
Gucha!
Comedy, Drama
7.0
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Adventure, Drama, Comedy
6.7
Mozart l'opéra Rock 3D
Music
9.3
Skřivánčí píseň
Drama, Romance
0.0
The Butterflies of Love
Music, Romance, Science Fiction
0.0
The Long Run
Drama
6.3
The Story of an African Farm
Drama, Family
4.9
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Romance, Comedy, Drama
7.7
The Country Girl
Drama
6.9
Dig!
Documentary, Music
6.8
Goodbye Bafana
History, Drama
6.8
Porgy and Bess
Music, Drama, Romance
6.1
The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale
Family, Animation, Fantasy
5.9
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Drama, Comedy
7.3
An American in Paris
Music, Romance, Comedy
7.0
Riot at the Rite
Drama, History
9.0
Vienna Blood
Comedy, Music, Romance
7.4
Footlight Varieties
Music, Comedy
1.0
Sleepwalking in the Rift
Drama
6.2