SOWETO 50: WE R THE FUTURE — Live in Harlem

Voza Rivers and New Heritage Theatre Group, celebrating its 61st anniversary as the oldest Black not-for-profit theater in New York State, present SOWETO 50: We R The Future, a Black Music Month and Juneteenth Celebration honoring the global connections that have shaped our nation’s history.

Program:

1. Soweto 50 Commemoration and Talk featuring Voza Rivers & Government Officials
2. Film Screening of “Voices of Sarafina!” (1989) with Director Nigel Noble
   

Special guest appearances and performances by:

• Leleti Khumalo, Tony-nominated star of Sarafina! Broadway & Film
• Academy Award-nominated and Grammy Award-nominated IMPACT Repertory Theatre,
• Atandwa Kani (Black Panther and Young Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), Sipho Kunene, and special guests!

The historic Soweto Uprising on June 16, 1976 inspired Broadway’s African musical in 1988, Sarafina! Over 700+ South African youth were massacred during these student protests against the apartheid government's Bantu Education policy.

Sarafina! is a celebration of the resilience and courage of those South African students who triumphed in the fight against oppression. Sarafina! received five TONY Award-nominations and a Grammy Award-nomination for Best Musical Theater Album.