Miriam Makeba

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Amandla! - A Revolution In Four Part Harmony review by Musicvidfan from Northolt, Middlesex

South African Songs From The Apartheid Era 19 October 2004
...w interviews and archive footage, it includes contributions from Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Sophie Mgcina & Dolly Rathebe, who recall some of the so... Read customer review

Mama Africa on DVD (2011)
Starring: Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, Leopoldo Fleming
Director: Mika Kaurismaki
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MAMA AFRICA is the biography of Miriam Makeba, South African singer and anti-apartheid activist, the voice and the hope of Africa. A documentary about the late, incredibly talented and charismatic South African musical icon, Miriam Makeba, who traveled the world with her powerful voice speaking a ..read more »

47% from 9 members

Amandla! - A Revolution In Four Part Harmony on DVD (2002)
Starring: Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim
Director: Lee Hirsch
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With an uplifting mood that celebrates the victory of black South Africans who fought against Apartheid, AMANDLA shows how music and song played an essential role in the fight for freedom. The film focuses on the important spiritual sustenance that freedom music played in the long road to a free ..read more »

68% from 156 members

Sarafina! (1992)
Starring: Leleti Khumalo, Whoopi Goldberg, Miriam Makeba
Director: Darrell Roodt
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Academy Award-winning star Whoopi Goldberg (Best Supporting Actress - GHOST) lights up the screen in her latest hit- the exhilarating and entertaining SARAFINA! In a world where truth is forbidden, an inspiring teacher (Whoopi Goldberg) dares to instill in her students lessons not found in ..read more »

66% from 35 members
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Portrait Of Africa (1989)
Starring: Vangelis, Miriam Makeba, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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The splendour of Africa from Tanzania to Kenya in a programme of people, places, wildlife and timeless ways. Set to atmospheric music.

46% from 49 members
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Soul Power on DVD (1974)
Starring: James Brown, Muhammad Ali, B.B. King
Director: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte
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Presented in conjunction with the landmark 'Rumble in the Jungle' boxing match between Ali and Foreman, Zaire '74 was a three-day music festival in Kinshasa organised by South African musician Hugh Masekela and American record producer Stewart Levine, and featuring performances by such famed ..read more »

70% from 322 members

Soul Power - Blu-ray (1974)
Starring: James Brown, Muhammad Ali, B.B. King
Director: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte
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Presented in conjunction with the landmark 'Rumble in the Jungle' boxing match between Ali and Foreman, Zaire '74 was a three-day music festival in Kinshasa organised by South African musician Hugh Masekela and American record producer Stewart Levine, and featuring performances by such famed ..read more »

66% from 112 members

Miriam Makeba - Live At Bern's Salonger on DVD
Starring: Miriam Makeba
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Featuring the tracklisting: 'Mbube', 'Ask The Rising Sun', 'Forbidden Games', 'Click Song', 'When I've Passed On' and 'Oh, So Alone'.

71% from 13 members

Mama Africa - 2.5 stars
Amandla! - A Revolution In Four Part Harmony - 3.5 stars
Sarafina! - 3.5 stars
Portrait Of Africa - 2.5 stars
Soul Power - 3.5 stars

Mama Africa - 2.5 stars
Sarafina! - 3.5 stars
Miriam Makeba - Live At Bern's Salonger - 3.5 stars
Portrait Of Africa - 2.5 stars
Soul Power - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

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Lee Hirsch - 1 times - show films
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