At the time of its release Sarafina! rose to international popularity for its deeply revelational look into what the apartheid regime looked like for black youth in South Africa at the time.
Its relevance seems to have gotten even stronger through the decades as the film has become 2023’s biggest comeback film yet. This year alone, the film went on to be screened at the iconic Cannes Film Festival in France and is now headed to a cinema near you on August 11.