Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Directed by Mpumi Mbele, Carolyn Carew
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
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- Writer
- Mpumi Mbele
- Producer
- Judy Nwokedi
- Editor
- Andrew Wessels
- Editor
- Khulekani Zondi
- Producer
- Thokozile Veronica Shabalala
- Director of Photography
- Michael Smith
- Director
- Mpumi Mbele
- Producer
- Carolyn Carew
- Director
- Carolyn Carew