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Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo (2022)
Directed by Mpumi Mbele, Carolyn Carew
Documentary · 1h 30m
The story of Joseph Shabalala, who rose to international fame with his band Ladysmith Black Mambazo after contributing to Paul Simon’s massively successful Graceland album. Bathed in Ladysmith’s powerful music, the documentary covers the full breadth of the singer’s life, from his early years in rural South Africa to the height of Shabalala’s global success to his passing in 2020, at the age of 79.
Cast
Dolly Parton
Paul Simon
Whoopi Goldberg
Crew
- Director
- Mpumi Mbele, Carolyn Carew
- Writer
- Mpumi Mbele
- Director of Photography
- Michael Smith
- Editor
- Andrew Wessels, Khulekani Zondi
- Producer
- Thokozile Veronica Shabalala, Judy Nwokedi, Carolyn Carew
Details
- Release date
- 2022-10-11
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- ZU
- Spoken languages
- English, Zulu
- Countries
- South Africa
- Production
- Free Women Films, Speak Up Films, Dr Joseph Shabalala Foundation