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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002)
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Nine years in the making, this inspiring documentary reveals the role played by music in sustaining black South Africa's identity during its half-century struggle against apartheid. Director Lee Hirsch uses archive footage and personal reminiscences to chronicle the key events from 1948-98. But this is more specifically a history of the freedom music of Vuyisile Mini and Vusi Mahlasela — as well as such internationally renowned exiles as Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim — that enabled the repressed townships to endure injustice, prejudice and violence even though the outside world seemed to have forgotten them. Moreover, these erudite, evocative songs stand in stark contrast to the triteness of synthetic pop and rap's designer anger. DP
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Running time
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98mins
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Country of origin
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S Afr / US
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Genre
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Documentary
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Original language
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English / Xhosa
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Theatrical distributor
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Metrodome
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UK cinema certificate
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12A
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UK cinema release date
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December 2003
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