
Mama Africa

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.
Genre: Action, Drama, Music, Documentary, Biography
Actor: Miriam Makeba, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, Nelson Mandela, Kwame Ture, Leopoldo Fleming, Lorraine Gordon, Paul Simon, Stokely Carmichael
Director: Mika Kaurismäki
Country: Finland, France, Germany, South Africa
Produced By: Starhaus Filmproduktion, ZDF, ARTE, Marianna Films, YLE, Millennium Film
Runtime: 92
Release: 2011
Rating: 6.4 out of 10
Language: English, Français, en,
Views: 174
Content Rating:PG12
Quality: DVD
Also known as: Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba, Mama Afrika: Miriam Makeba, MãE ÁFrica - Miriam Makeba, The Queen Of Africa: The Miriam Makeba Story
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