Sophiatown(film)
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| Sophiatown | |
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| Directed by | Pascale Lamche |
| Written by | Pascale Lamche |
| Produced by | Indra De Lanerolle Pascale Lamche Rob Lowdon James Mitchell Lebohang Morake |
| Starring | Jonas Gwangwa Abdullah Ibrahim Nelson Mandela Hugh Masekela Dorothy Masuka Dolly Rathebe Jürgen Schadeberg |
| Cinematography | Dominic Black |
| Edited by | Catherine Meyburgh |
| Distributed by | Little Bird Productions |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Ireland/South Africa |
| Language | English/Afrikaans |
Sophiatownis a 2003 documentary film.Sophiatownin the 1950s was a suburb ofJohannesburgSouth Africawhere all races mixed in defiance ofapartheid.Sophiatown was famous forjazzand blackgangstersheavily influenced byAmericanfilm who spoke a slang calledTsotsitaal.
This era is revisited by some of the artists who lived there and theycall back the pastin two concerts.
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