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Mama Africa

08/12/2011

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1hr 32min

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Drama

,Documentary

STORY

Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South African roots. Miriam Makeba was forced into exile in 1959. She sang for John F. Kennedy, performed with Harry Belafonte and Nina Simone, was married to Hugh Masekela and also Stokely Carmichael. Her life was tumultuous. She always stood for truth and justice. She fought for the oppressed most importantly for black Africans, as a campaigner against apartheid. She died November 2008 after a concert in Italy. Mika Kaurismäki's documentary, traces fifty years of her music and her performing life. Through rare archive footage of her performances and through interviews with her contemporaries we discover the remarkable journey of Miriam Makeba.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Miriam Makeba
  • Harry Belafonte
  • Kathleen Cleaver
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Kwame Ture

    Director

  • Mika Kaurismäki

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Starhaus Filmproduktion
  • ZDF
  • ARTE
  • Marianna Films
  • YLE
  • Millennium Film

    Production Countries

  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • South Africa

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • French

Cast

Miriam Makeba

Self (archive footage)

Harry Belafonte

Self (archive footage)

Kathleen Cleaver

Self

Nelson Mandela

Self (archive footage)

Kwame Ture

Self (archive footage)

Leopoldo Fleming

Self

Lorraine Gordon

Self

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