A Soweto schoolgirl named Sarafina is galvanized to protest apartheid after her teacher is arrested for her activism, leading her to join the student resistance movement.
Sarafina! has generally received positive reviews.
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Sarafina! was released in 1992 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 95 reviews, giving Sarafina! (1992) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 92%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 57%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Sarafina! a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 70%, Sarafina! is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1992, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1992 with similar scores include films like Chaplin, Bitter Moon and Bad Lieutenant.
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