Leleti Khumalo on why 'Sarafina!' remains relevant for today's youth

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As the 1992 smash hit returns to cinemas in a newly restored version, Khumalo shares memories of its making and why it's still such an important film today.

Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela’s musical Sarafina! is a much-loved South African classic that’s enjoyed global success, first as a Broadway musical in the late 1980s and then as a film, directed by Darrell Roodt in 1992 and shown at the Cannes Film Festival that year, where it received a 20-minute standing ovation...From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.

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