Review of Sarafina

In June 16th 1976 South African students from Soweto marched in the streets, protesting their educational system, an action which cost the lives of hundreds and flamed the fires of revolution. The movie Sarafina follows the internal and external struggles of a young student in times of poverty, turmoil, and violence, and shows the dichotomy between the choices and situations that Sarafina must choose between to combat the oppressive government. The film starts with a moving …

…control, being held in subservient roles, and poverty, but at the same time she is able to find hope and joy. Sarafina found hope in the knowledge that the future will be better. Sarafina said, "I feel like I belong somewhere else, somewhere I've never seen, but I'll know it when I see it." Sarafina knew that the world held better things and she made it her goal to seek and obtain a better life.