Sophiatown (2003)
Released:
2003-08-16
Duration:
1hr 22min
Genres:
Rating 6.0
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.
Production Companies
Little Bird
Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 0.372 |
Directed By
Pascale Lamche
Crew
Producer
Indra De Lanerolle
Indra De Lanerolle
Producer
Lebohang Morake
Lebohang Morake
Sound Director
Bheki Khoza
Bheki Khoza
Director
Pascale Lamche
Pascale Lamche
Cinematography
Dominic Black
Dominic Black
Producer
Pascale Lamche
Pascale Lamche
Producer
James Mitchell
James Mitchell
Editor
Catherine Meyburgh
Catherine Meyburgh
Producer
Rob Lowdon
Rob Lowdon
Sound Editor
Wilbert Schübel
Wilbert Schübel
Writer
Pascale Lamche
Pascale Lamche
Video Assist Operator
Louise Mycielski
Louise Mycielski
TOP CAST
Jonas Gwangwa
Self
Abdullah Ibrahim
Self
![Nelson Mandela](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/p7gjjliB2PyWE8hjVoETpArLk0b.jpg)
Nelson Mandela
Self
![Hugh Masekela](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/rabVa0mBKEmTZfTi55RDbk488NB.jpg)
Hugh Masekela
Self
Dorothy Masuka
Self
Jürgen Schadeberg
Self
Dolly Rathebe
Self