Movie Description
Sophiatown
(2003)Overview
Little Bird's first South African production, SOPHIATOWN has won the award for Best Documentary at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival 2003. SOPHIATOWN celebrates the great popular jazz music of the 1950's in South Africa; a rich tradition deserving international attention. Director Pascale Lamche, traces the music, uncovers the artists who created it and the unique culture in which it thrived, concentrated in Sophiatown, Johannesburg's own Harlem, which fuelled by liberation politics until its destruction by the Apartheid regime. The film features Nelson Mandela and such household names from the jazz world as Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jonas Gwangwa and Caiphus Semenya.
Featured Crew
- Director : Pascale Lamche
- Producer : Indra De Lanerolle,Pascale Lamche,Rob Lowdon,James Mitchell,Lebohang Morake
- Writer : Pascale Lamche
- Editor : Catherine Meyburgh
- Cast : Jonas Gwangwa,Abdullah Ibrahim,Nelson Mandela,Hugh Masekela,Dorothy Masuka,Jürgen Schadeberg,Dolly Rathebe
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Facts
Original TitleSophiatown
Status Released
Release Information
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2003-08-16
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 22m
Production CompaniesLittle Bird
