Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba

Name: Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba
Genre: Biography, Music, Documentary
Released: January 19, 2018
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Abigail Kubeka, Angélique Kidjo, Bageot Bah, Bongi Makeba Lee, Harry Belafonte

2018

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ArtMattan Productions | Release Date: January 19, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Abigail Kubeka, Angélique Kidjo, Bageot Bah, Bongi Makeba Lee, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, Leopoldo Fleming, Lorraine Gordon, Miriam Makeba, Stokely Carmichael

Summary: 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.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. Mika Kaurismaki'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.… Expand

Director: Mika Kaurismäki

Genre(s): Biography, Music, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Robert Abele

Feb 8, 2018

What ultimately stands is a portrait of a woman for whom the term "cultural ambassador" was meant, whose dynamic range and earth-wide smile made the words and sounds pouring from her like a hand extended, a heart exposed, a story of the world made achingly real. Read full review

Serena Donadoni

Jan 18, 2018

Mama Africa is a rough sketch of Makeba’s complex life and her influence on world music (as well as folk, jazz, and Afropop), but this queen deserves a monarch-sized portrait that fully showcases her part in the tumultuous social, political, and cultural movements that reshaped the world around her. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Jan 18, 2018

Like many biographical documentaries, it resembles a lengthy highlight reel of crucial events from its subject’s life, without much in the way of style or perspective. Read full review

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