Sarafina!

Sarafina! (1992) — drama, family, music film. Directed by Darrell James Roodt. Starring Leleti Khumalo, Whoopi Goldberg, John Kani, Miriam Makeba. This page maps 4 characters and 6 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

Sarafina! (1992) Poster

Interactive Features for Sarafina!

Sarafina! offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:

Character Relationship Map — Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 4 characters interconnect through 6 relationship links.
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Story Analysis

A student's dream of freedom grows from school performance into resistance, trauma, survival, and collective hope.

Drama, Family, Music · 6.1/10 · 117 min · 1992

Based On

Sarafina

Credits

Director

Darrell James Roodt
Cast

as Sarafina

Leleti Khumalo
Cast

as Mary Masembuko

Whoopi Goldberg
Cast

as School Principal

John Kani
Cast

as Angelina

Miriam Makeba
Cast

as Sarafina's Grandmother

Mary Twala
Cast

as Crocodile

Dumisani Dlamini
Cast

as Sabela

Mbongeni Ngema
Cast

as Lieutenant Bloem

Tertius Meintjes
Cast

as Interrogator

Robert Whitehead
Cast

as Policeman

Greg Latter
Cast

as Soldier

Nicky Rebelo
Cast

as Soldier

James Whyle

Videos

Sarafina Trailer
Sarafina

Images

Content sources

Plot analysis generated from content on Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related entry on Wikidata (Q2577161), public domain (CC0).