Miriam Makeba

Amandla! tells the story of black South African freedom music and reveals the central role it played in the long battle against apartheid. (Artisan Entertainment)

The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to apartheid; the story is told from the point of view of an ambitious school girl actress-activist named Sarafina. She feels shame at her mother's acceptance of her role as domestic servant in a white household in apartheid South Africa, and inspires her peers to rise up in protest (Wikipedia)

Lensed for the most part in Johannesburg, the film follows a Zulu family that has been uprooted from its native environs and plunked down in the middle of a strange urban "jungle". Due to the repressiveness of the South African powers-that-were, Rogosin was forced to shoot his film with hidden cameras, then obliged to smuggle the footage out of the continent. (AMG)

A documentary on the legendary soul music concert staged in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974. (imdb)

Miriam Makeba was a Grammy Award-winning singer from South Africa, as well as a civil rights activist. "Mama Africa" pays homage to this extraordinary woman who grew to incarnate the voice and the hope of Africa. (kinofestivalis.lt)

Matthew Sempala would face the greatest dilemma of his life, continue their existence as a humble and modest comfortable black teacher, or solidarity with his people, an oppressed race, exploited and humiliated to the absolute limits. He's decision is going to be influenced by the tragedies surrounding his own family: Hate, corruption, violence... (Filmaffinity)