TF1 Studio/ Newen Connect has picked up international sales rights to “Sarafina!,” the iconic South African musical-dance-drama that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992. “Sarafina!” was the ...

Mbongeni Ngema, the South African creator of Whoopi Goldberg film Sarafina!, has died in a car accident. He was aged 68. Ngema’s family announced his death in a statement, revealing that he was killed ...

The musical was adapted into a musical drama starring Whoopi Goldberg in 1992, becoming an international success. By The Associated Press, THR Staff Renowned South African playwright, producer and ...

EXCLUSIVE: South Africa’s Videovision Entertainment is heading to next week’s Mip Africa event with a new TV sales division. The unit will bring a significant number of titles from South Africa, ...

Watching this musical film will bring back memories of South Africa’s famous movie, Sarafina - complete with memorable soundtracks, politicalundertones and lots of music. Shirley Genga caught up with ...

At the Lincoln Center, the South African cast members of the anti-Apartheid Broadway hit musical Sarafina perform and later give interviews about their politically and socially troubled country in ...

The celebrated playwright was a passenger in the vehicle involved in the crash. He was best known for creating the hit Sarafina! which first premiered on Broadway in 1988. Singer Harry Belafonte, one ...

Sold-out shows, standing ovations, extra performances … the accolades kept coming for Troika Bermuda’s production of Sarafina! Among those who took note from afar were the organisers of the ...

JOHANNESBURG — Renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema has died in a car crash at the age of 68, his family said. "Ngema was killed in a head-on car accident while ...