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Overview
Exiled from his native South Africa, South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela is pulled between two worlds. In the late 1980s, the Anti-Apartheid Movement, led by his mentor and fierce Anti-Apartheid advocate Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, launches a boycott against Hugh’s friend Paul Simon over his township music-inspired album 'Graceland', accusing Simon of violating the United Nations’ Cultural Boycott. Miriam ‘Mama Africa’ Makeba joins forces with Masekela — who sees music as a powerful weapon in the struggle — to create the Graceland band, a supergroup designed to bring South Africa’s voice to the world.
Details
- Status
- In production
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Zulu
- Countries
- United States of America, South Africa
- Production
- StudioCanal,1000 Eyes,Laura Bickford Productions,Videovision Entertainment,Palisades Park Pictures,Smashing Dandelions
- Director
- Bill Condon
- Writer
- Michael Bronner,Zakes Mda
- Producer
- Laura Bickford,Michael Bronner,Greg Yolen,Anant Singh,Fiona Druckenmiller,Shana Eddy-Grouf,Ron Halpern,Anna Marsh,David Dison,Siphiwo Ralo
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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