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  • Starring: Duma Ka Ndlovu, Vusi Mahlasela
  • Summary: 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)
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  1. Told with such sadness and exaltation, such mastery of image and sound, that watching it makes you feel renewed and hopeful.
  2. A documentary that is as thoughtful and inspiring as the music it celebrates.
  3. Reviewed by: Alan Morrison
    80
    If your anti-Apartheid musical knowledge only goes as far as The Specials’ Free Nelson Mandela, this is a toe-tapping, thought-provoking education.
  4. 60
    Though overlong and repetitive, Hirsch's film is vitalized by the same music that helped keep the revolutionary spirit alive.

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