Miriam Makeba Movies

  • 2002
    Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

    Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

    Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

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    The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this challen...

    Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
  • 1992
    Sarafina!

    Sarafina!

    Sarafina!

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    The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools....

    Sarafina!
  • 1959
    Come Back, Africa

    Come Back, Africa

    Come Back, Africa

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    Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.

    Come Back, Africa
  • 1969
    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

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    Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all acro...

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
  • 1988
    The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

    The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

    The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

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    There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of t...

    The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
  • 1996
    When We Were Kings

    When We Were Kings

    When We Were Kings

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    It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world....

    When We Were Kings
  • 1983
    Amok

    Amok

    Amok

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    A rural teacher discovers the harsh realities of his South Africa.

    Amok
  • 2009
    Soul Power

    Soul Power

    Soul Power

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    Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompanied the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight boxing cham...

    Soul Power
  • 1989
    Have You Seen Drum Recently?

    Have You Seen Drum Recently?

    Have You Seen Drum Recently?

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    Have You Seen Drum Recently? is a 1989 film which uses photographs from the Drum archives to tell the story of the magazine and documents its contribu...

    Have You Seen Drum Recently?
  • 2012
    Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams

    Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams

    Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams

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    Algerian director Hamid Benamra turns his focus to Mustapha Boutadjine, a charming, mercurial collage artist in Paris whose very work methods embody r...

    Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams
  • 2011
    Mama Africa

    Mama Africa

    Mama Africa

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    Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South Africa...

    Mama Africa
  • 2019
    Africa Rising

    Africa Rising

    Africa Rising

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    How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a nicer...

    Africa Rising
  • 1987
    Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert

    Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert

    Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert

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    Singer Paul Simon and several African musicians perform a concert to benefit victims of apartheid in South Africa.

    Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert
  • 1988
    Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

    Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

    Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

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    Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC leade...

    Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
  • 2024
    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

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    In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khr...

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'État