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- 2003
- PG-13
- Artisan Entertainment
- 1 h 48 m
- 2003
- PG-13
- Artisan Entertainment
- 1 h 48 m
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)
Directed By: Lee Hirsch
Written By: Lee Hirsch
- 2003
- PG-13
- Artisan Entertainment
- 1 h 48 m
- 2003
- PG-13
- Artisan Entertainment
- 1 h 48 m
Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
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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)
Directed By: Lee Hirsch
Written By: Lee Hirsch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
78
77% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
23% Mixed
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6 Reviews
0% Negative
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A documentary that is as thoughtful and inspiring as the music it celebrates.
Hirsch edits segments together to merge disparate voices, showing how for this movement, music was no universal language -- it was specific, pointed, and almost paranormal in its power.
Viewers will leave Amandla! moved by the music, impressed by the musicians and dubious about the possibility of political and social healing.
Cinema has done a fine job of documenting the anti-apartheid movement, even if too often the spotlight shone brightest on the white man through whom the black man's story was being told.
There are lots of lively tunes in an excellent cause, but in the end you wish you'd either probed more deeply into historical events or heard more uninterrupted minutes of inspired performing.
The film itself is a bit on the talking-head side, evoking none of the passion and anguish that are the music's trademarks.
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Production Company
ATO Pictures,
Bomb Film,
Kwela Productions Lts.
Release Date Feb 19, 2003
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating PG-13
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Website
http://www.amandla.com/
Awards
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
