Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Sophiatown

Play trailer Sophiatown 2003 1h 22m Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 0 Reviews Popcornmeter 0 Ratings
During the 1940s and 1950s, the Johannesburg suburb of Sophiatown is a vibrant and sizable racially mixed area at a time when apartheid is firmly entrenched in the nation. The neighborhood, with its wealth of jazz and blues clubs, becomes a center for political, artistic and criminal activity. The documentary interviews many of the people who performed and lived there before it was bulldozed in the mid-1950s, including Nelson Mandela, Abdullah Ibrahim and Miriam Makeba, among others.
Sophiatown

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Show Less Cast & Crew Show More Cast & Crew

Movie Info

Synopsis During the 1940s and 1950s, the Johannesburg suburb of Sophiatown is a vibrant and sizable racially mixed area at a time when apartheid is firmly entrenched in the nation. The neighborhood, with its wealth of jazz and blues clubs, becomes a center for political, artistic and criminal activity. The documentary interviews many of the people who performed and lived there before it was bulldozed in the mid-1950s, including Nelson Mandela, Abdullah Ibrahim and Miriam Makeba, among others.
Director
Pascale Lamche
Producer
Pascale Lamche
Screenwriter
Pascale Lamche
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 22m