Music is My Life: Joseph Shabalala

synopsis

Music is My Life tells the story of South African musician, the late 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, this engaging insight 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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Documentary
1 hr. 30 min.

director

Phumelelo Mbele

writer

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synopsis

Music is My Life tells the story of South African musician, the late 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, this engaging insight 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.

details

Documentary
1 hr. 30 min.

director

Phumelelo Mbele

writer