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Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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1h 30m

2022

Synopsis

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.

Director

Mpumi Mbele

Carolyn Carew

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Documentary

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Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

as Self

Paul Simon

Paul Simon

as Self

Joseph Shabalala

as Self (archival footage)

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

as Self

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