Mama Africa ( Mama Africa - Miriam Makeba )

Mama Africa (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mama Africa - Miriam Makeba
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
88 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
South Africa ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Mika Kaurismäki

Written By:
Mika Kaurismäki
Don Edkins

Actors:
Harry Belafonte ..... Himself (archive footage)
Kathleen Cleaver ..... Herself
Leopoldo Fleming ..... Himself
Lorraine Gordon ..... Herself
Angélique Kidjo ..... Herself
Abigail Kubeka ..... Herself
Lumumba Lee ..... Himself
Nelson Lumumba Lee ..... Himself
Zenzi Lee ..... Herself
Zenzile Monique Lee ..... Herself
Miriam Makeba ..... Himself (archive footage)
Nelson Mandela ..... Himself (archive footage)
Hugh Masekela ..... Himself
Dorothy Masuka ..... Herself
Joe Mogotsi ..... Himself

Synopsis:

Miriam Makeba was the first black African musician 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.

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 message against racism and poverty and for equality and peace. Mama Africa is homage to this extraordinary and impressive artist who incarnates the voice and the hope of Africa.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 06 July, 2012.

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