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Sophiatown

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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.
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Pascale Lamche

Director

Pascale Lamche

Writer

Pascale Lamche

Producer

Indra De Lanerolle

Executive Producer

James Mitchell

Executive Producer

Lebo M.

Executive Producer

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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
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