‘Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba!’ at Detroit Historical Museum

Shown as part of the 2018 Freep Film Festival

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

Tickets are available at https://tickets.freep.com/e/mamafrica/

This powerful look at South African singer and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba played a few film festivals in 2011, but was then taken out of circulation. Now receiving its official U.S. release, it profiles the first African musician to become a true international star. Using rare archive footage of her performances, interviews and intimate scenes filmed over the years, the documentary expertly exposes the tumultuous but always fascinating life of a worldwide icon.