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Film Info

Germany 2011 | 90 min. Director: Mika Kaurismäki
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Co-Production Company

Starhaus Filmproduktion GmbH
Belfortstraße 8
81667 München

Project / Host

German Documentaries

Categories

Documentary Music film

Mama Africa

Synopsis

Miriam Makeba was the first black African musician 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.


WITH:
Zenzi Monique Lee, Nelson Lumumba Lee, Hugh Masekela, Angélique Kidjo, Bill Salter, Leopoldo Fleming, Kathleen Cleaver, Lorraine Gordon, Dorothy Masuku, Abigail Kubeka

Cast & Crew

Festivals/awards

2011
Seal of Approval ‘highly recommended’
61 Berlinale PANORAMA - world premiere

2013
RUHRPOTT-Leserfilmpreis

Co-Production Company

Starhaus Filmproduktion GmbH
Belfortstraße 8
81667 München

Cast & Crew

Mika Kaurismäki

Categories

Documentary Music film
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