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Hugh Masekela is a Actor and Sound Sud africain born on 4 april 1939 at Witbank (South africa)
Hugh Ramopolo Masekela (born 4 April 1939) is a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer. He is the father of American television host Sal Masekela.
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Hugh Masekela
Birth name Hugh Ramopolo Masekela
Nationality South africa
Birth 4 april 1939 at Witbank (South africa)
Death 23 january 2018 (at 78 years)
Nationality South africa
Birth 4 april 1939 at Witbank (South africa)
Death 23 january 2018 (at 78 years)
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Filmography of Hugh Masekela (7 films)
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Soul Power (2008)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, George Plimpton
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating70%
"Soul Power" est un film documentaire de 2008 sur le festival de musique "Zaïre 74" à Kinshasa qui a accompagné le match de championnat de boxe poids lourd "Rumble in the Jungle" entre Muhammad Ali et George Foreman en octobre 1974. Le film a été réalisé à partir d'images d'archives; d'autres séquences tournées à l'époque se concentrant sur le combat ont été montées pour former le film When We Were Kings.
Sophiatown (2003)
, 1h22Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism
Actors Hugh Masekela
Roles Himself
Rating78%
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Musical films, Political films
Actors Walter Cronkite, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba
Roles Self
Rating73%
In the film, South African musicians, playwrights, poets and activists recall the struggle against apartheid from the 1940s to the 1990s that stripped black citizens of South Africa of basic human rights, and the important role that music played in that struggle. The documentary uses a mixture of interviews, musical performances and historical film footage. Among the South Africans who take part are Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masekela, Vusi Mahlasela and others.
A Dry White Season (1989)
, 1h37Directed by Euzhan Palcy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Politic
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism
Actors Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Jürgen Prochnow, Zakes Mokae, Susannah Harker, Susan Sarandon
Rating69%
In 1976, in South Africa during Apartheid, Ben Du Toit (Donald Sutherland) is a South African school teacher.
Monterey Pop (1968)
, 1h19Directed by D. A. Pennebaker
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Hugh Masekela, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Ravi Shankar, Roger Daltrey, Cass Elliot
Roles Self
Rating79%
Monterey a présenté des performances de carrière de Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin et Otis Reading, mais ils n'étaient que quelques interprètes dans une programmation diversifiée qui comprenait Simon et Garfunkel, The Mamas and the Papas, The Who, The Byrds, Hugh Masekela et l'extraordinaire Ravi Shankar.
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Mandela (1996)
, 1h58Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating68%
The documentary is the official film biography of Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected president of the ethnically united South Africa. The film touches on Nelson Mandela's childhood, family, education, and his long struggle to gain freedom for all the various ethnic groups in South Africa, including his experiences on the Robben Island prison.
Sarafina! (1992)
, 1h57Directed by Darrell Roodt
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Films about racism, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Leleti Khumalo, Whoopi Goldberg, Miriam Makeba, John Kani
Rating62%
The plot centres on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools.