Miriam Makeba

Most Popular Miriam Makeba Trailers

Total trailers found: 19

Mama Africa Trailer (2011)

12 August 2011

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.

Soul Power Trailer (2009)

10 June 2009

Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompanied the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight boxing championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in October 1974.

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony Trailer (2002)

21 September 2002

The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this challenge.

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all across Algiers.

Come Back, Africa Trailer (1959)

01 September 1959

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.

Sarafina! Trailer (1992)

18 September 1992

A Soweto schoolgirl named Sarafina is galvanized to protest apartheid after her teacher is arrested for her activism, leading her to join the student resistance movement.

When We Were Kings Trailer (1996)

25 October 1996

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world.

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Trailer (1988)

11 June 1988

Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela.

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Trailer (2024)

11 September 2024

Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.

Africa Rising Trailer (2019)

03 June 2019

How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a nicer portrait of this amazing continent, historically known for tragic subjects, such as slavery, famine, war and political chaos.

Have You Seen Drum Recently? Trailer (1989)

09 September 1989

Have You Seen Drum Recently? is a 1989 film which uses photographs from the Drum archives to tell the story of the magazine and documents its contribution to the cultural and political life of South Africa.

LBJ Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

This is a montage of different images from the JFK, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy triumphs and assassinations, all three events being observed by Lyndon Johnson as the dark figure who is plotting the anti-black rights movement.

Amok Trailer (1983)

01 April 1983

A rural teacher discovers the harsh realities of his South Africa.

Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert Trailer (1987)

20 August 1987

Singer Paul Simon and several African musicians perform a concert to benefit victims of apartheid in South Africa.

Voices of Sarafina! Trailer (1988)

25 March 1988

At the Lincoln Center, the South African cast members of the anti-Apartheid Broadway hit musical Sarafina perform and later give interviews about their politically and socially troubled country in this documentary.

Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) Trailer (2016)

01 January 2016

From the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, independent Algeria provided significant support to anti-colonial movements and revolutionaries worldwide.

As Matter Speaks Trailer (2025)

09 June 2025

Over two days at De Appel, ‘Collective Study in Times of Emergency’ brought together texts, voices, music, films, artworks, digital images, and printed materials – creating a space where individual and collective research and archives came into dialogue.

Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams Trailer (2012)

02 June 2012

Algerian director Hamid Benamra turns his focus to Mustapha Boutadjine, a charming, mercurial collage artist in Paris whose very work methods embody resistance, and celebrate those who work to liberate others.