Hugh Masekela

Explore Hugh Masekela's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Acting

Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring Him Back Home". He also had a number-one US pop hit in 1968 with his version of "Grazing in the Grass".

Filmography

• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
• I Am Thalente (2015)
• Alekesam (2013)
• The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (2011)
• Soul Power (2009)
• Sophiatown (2003)
• Freedom Beat (2003)
• Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002)
• Mandela (1996)
• Blue Notes and Exiled Voices (1992)
• Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella (1990)
• Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella (1990)
• Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988)
• The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert (1988)
• Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert (1987)
• We Are Universal (1971)
• Monterey Pop (1968)
• The Road Home