Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Theatrical Release Date: 2003 02 14 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 012236144984

Studio: Live/Artisan

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Violence]

Summary: Lee Hirsch spent nine years putting together the ambitious documentary Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony. The film records the history of music being used as a form of social protest against Apartheid in South Africa. Interviews and archival footage help to tell the tales of figures like Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Vuyisile Mini. Mini's songs became such a powerful social force that his remains were exhumed and reburied in order to show proper respect after the end of Apartheid. This look at political oppression and the courage required to fight it was screened at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Category: Music [nf]

Awards: Documentary Audience Award – Sundance Film Festival Freedom of Expression Award – Sundance Film Festival Audience Award – Sundance Film Festival Freedom of Expression Award – Sundance Film Festival

Features: cc16:9 widescreen version
2.0 Dolby Digital audio
5.1 Dolby Digital audio
Dave Matthews interview
Q&A with director, producer and Vusi Mahlasela
Vusi at Joe's Pub
Amandla! production notes
Sing-along
Commentary with director and producer
Interactive menus
Digitally mastered
45 minutes deleted scenes/musical performances, including full version of "Coal Train (Stimela)" by Hugh Masekela
Trailer gallery

Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 10/21/2003

Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Alternate Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 103 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Struggle and Music/Main Title [3:21]
2. Vuyisile Mini, Exhumation/When You Come Back [5:06]
3. 1948 - Good Neighborliness/Beware Verwoerd [2:32]
4. From Sophiatown to Meadowlands/Meadowlands [4:59]
5. Apartheid Is Schizophrenic/Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika [4:45]
6. Origins of the Freedom Songs [3:20]
7. The Train/Coal Train (Stimela) [4:42]
8. Madame Please [2:15]
9. The Sharpeville Massacre/Thina Sizwe [4:06]
10. "...Free Mandela or Bombs"/Bahleli Bonkwe [1:53]
11. Dreaming in Exile [3:24]
12. "What Have We Done?"/Senzenina [1:52]
13. 1976 - Soweto Uprising/Mannenburg [4:35]
14. The MK/Lihambile Hamba Kathie Mkhonto [5:47]
15. Ingoma - The Songs [2:48]
16. Sheila's Day/Shonamalanga [2:05]
17. Radio Freedom Undercover [2:17]
18. Love Songs/Kuyobanjani Na? [2:42]
19. Birth and Death in Prison [8:38]
20. 1980's - A Decade of Funerals [1:53]
21. The Toyi-Toyi [2:46]
22. Barbecue With the Riot Police [4:06]
23. The Tide Turns/Papa Stop the War [2:56]
24. Free Mandela/Bring Him Back Home [3:27]
25. Freedom! [2:53]
26. A Song for Our Ancestors/The Untold Story [5:49]
27. "He Is Moses!"/Mandela's Dance [2:22]
28. End Credits [5:25]

Cast and Crew: Vusi Mahlasela  Actor 
Sifiso Ntuli  Actor 
Miriam Makeba  Actor 
Duma KaNdlovu  Actor 
Hugh Masekela  Actor 
Lindiwe Zulu  Actor 
Abdullah Ibrahim  Actor 
Thandi Modise  Actor 
Nelson Mandela  Actor 
Sibusiso Nxumalo  Actor 
Sibongile Khumalo  Actor 
Dolly Rathebe  Actor 
Sheila Nevins  Executive Producer 
Lee Hirsch  Director 
Lee Hirsch  Producer 
Desiree Markgraaf  Producer 
Sherry Simpson  Executive Producer 
Sherry Simpson  Producer 

Country: USA,South Africa