Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2022, Zulu. Directed by Mpumi Mbele & Carolyn Carew.
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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- 1h 30m
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Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo is streaming on Night Flight Plus in India.
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- Released
- 11 October 2022
- Country
- South Africa
- Written by
- Mpumi Mbele
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Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo is streaming on Night Flight Plus in India. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo?
Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo (2022) was directed by Mpumi Mbele and Carolyn Carew and stars Dolly Parton, Paul Simon, Joseph Shabalala.