Sarafina! (1992)

Starring:

• Leleti Khumalo
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Miriam Makeba
• John Kani
• Dumisani Dlamini
• Mbongeni Ngema
• Sipho Kunene
• Tertius Meintjes

Storyline
Sarafina (Leleti Khumalo) is a young black South African struggling for freedom during the apartheid. While she has remained relatively silent in her opposition to the racist government in her country, the movement to make the language of Afrikaans the official language in her school leads her to protest in the streets with her fellow students. Her anti-government views become even more intense when her favorite teacher (Whoopi Goldberg) is arrested for protesting.

The Women of Brewster Place (1989)

Starring:

• Oprah Winfrey
• Mary Alice
• Olivia Cole
• Robin Givens
• Moses Gunn
• Jackée Harry
• Paula Kelly
• Leon
• Lonette McKee
• Barbara Montgomery
• Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
• Lynn Whitfield
• Paul Winfield
• William Allen Young
• Cicely Tyson

Storyline
The Women Of Brewster Place-Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor, which deals with several strong-willed women who live in a rundown housing project on Brewster Place in an unidentified eastern city; across three decades, they struggle against poverty, bigotry, and weak, troublesome men.