Sophiatown (2003) film
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| Sophiatown | |
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| Directed by | Pascale Lamche |
| Produced by | Indra De Lanerolle Pascale Lamche Rob Lowdon James Mitchell Lebohang Morake |
| Written by | Pascale Lamche |
| Starring | Jonas Gwangwa Abdullah Ibrahim Nelson Mandela Hugh Masekela Dorothy Masuka Dolly Rathebe Jürgen Schadeberg |
| Cinematography | Dominic Black |
| Editing by | Catherine Meyburgh |
| Distributed by | Little Bird Productions |
| Running time | 82 min. |
| Country | Ireland/South Africa |
| Language | English/Afrikaans |
| Allmovie profile | |
Sophiatown in the 1950's was a suburb of Johannesburg South Africa that was similar to Harlem in that all races mixed in defiance of apartheid. Sophiatown was famous for jazz and black gangsters heavily influenced by American film who spoke a slang called Tsotsitaal.
This era is revisited by some of the artists who lived there and they call back the past in two concerts.
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