Miriam Makeba Movies
- 2002
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony6.42002HD
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...
- 1992
Sarafina!
Sarafina!6.11992HD
The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools....
- 1959
Come Back, Africa
Come Back, Africa6.81959HD
Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.
- 1969
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers61969HD
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...
- 1988
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert101988HD
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...
- 1996
When We Were Kings
When We Were Kings7.71996HD
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....
- 1983
Amok
Amok01983HD
A rural teacher discovers the harsh realities of his South Africa.
- 2009
Soul Power
Soul Power6.32009HD
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...
- 1989
Have You Seen Drum Recently?
Have You Seen Drum Recently?61989HD
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...
- 2012
Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams
Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams02012HD
Algerian director Hamid Benamra turns his focus to Mustapha Boutadjine, a charming, mercurial collage artist in Paris whose very work methods embody r...
- 2011
Mama Africa
Mama Africa6.42011HD
Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South Africa...
- 2019
Africa Rising
Africa Rising7.52019HD
How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a nicer...
- 1987
Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert
Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert5.51987HD
Singer Paul Simon and several African musicians perform a concert to benefit victims of apartheid in South Africa.
- 1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute61988HD
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...
- 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État7.82024HD
In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khr...