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
Ruthless People
Comedy
6.6
The Color of Friendship
TV Movie, Family, Drama
7.1
Cooley High
Comedy, Drama
6.9
The Ultimate Playlist of Noise
Drama, Music
6.7
Ghost
Fantasy, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
7.2
Ready or Not
Comedy, Horror
7.1
12 Years a Slave
Drama, History
7.9
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
6.8
Bohemian Rhapsody
Music, Drama
8.0
Joker
Crime, Thriller, Drama
8.2
The Avengers
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
7.7
American Psycho
Thriller, Drama, Crime
7.4
Coco
Family, Animation, Music, Adventure
8.2
Martyrs
Horror, Drama, Thriller
7.3
Get Out
Mystery, Thriller, Horror
7.6
The Shape of Water
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
7.2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
6.8
Godzilla vs. Kong
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
7.6
Nobody
Action, Thriller
8.0
Alesha Popovich and Tugarin the Dragon
Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
6.9
The Bremen Town Musicians
Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Family
7.1
It Started with Eve
Comedy, Romance, Music
7.1
Tea for Two
Comedy, Music, Romance
6.0
1942: A Love Story
Action, Drama, Romance
6.0
Om Jai Jagadish
Drama
5.0
Daddy Long Legs
Music, Romance
6.3
Christmas Karma
Fantasy, Comedy, Family
0.0
Who Said Macbeth
Documentary, Drama
0.0
Simon
Drama, Comedy
5.2
Summer in Tyrol
Music, Comedy, Family
6.3
Comin' Round the Mountain
Comedy, Music
6.0
Double or Nothing
Comedy, Music
5.0
Allegiance
History, Drama, Music
6.5
David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Music, Documentary
7.2
Grand Hotel
Drama, Romance
6.9
Going Hollywood
Music, Romance, Comedy
5.5
Can-Can
Music, Comedy, Romance
6.6
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Comedy, Music
6.8
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Family, Fantasy, Music
6.1