Producer
The film features previously unseen archive and music, including exclusive interviews with the Shabalala family, and stars like Dolly Parton and Paul Simon. The film discovers how a young man from a rural village called Ladysmith in 1960s South Africa, came to conquer sell-out shows and become a worldwide musical visionary, the film encapsulates Joseph’s musical and spiritual journey. Music Is My Life, celebrates the magnitude of Shabalala’s musical influence and his strong rooted musical traditions in the local styles of Isicathamiya and Mbube, a hidden gem of South African culture.
Co-Producer
ЮАР, 1950-е годы. История об известном преступнике Джоне Кепе, местном Робин Гуде, который оставался непойманным на протяжении 12 лет. Бандит имел наглость воровать домашний скот у белых колонизаторов и помогать жившему в нищете местному населению, своей экстремистской деятельностью ставя под угрозу существование тогдашнего государственного строя страны.
Executive Producer
For Ella (24), the death of her alcoholic father leaves her with nothing but debt and the bitter memory of a complicated past. Abandoned by her mother at a young age, she has sacrificed her life, opportunities and love to care for a man she resents, but is now left adrift in the world after his passing. The re-emergence of her nomadic godfather, Neo (46), at her father’s cremation, gives Ella the opportunity to discover a better future for herself in Johannesburg. She also decides that she will bury his ashes at her childhood home in Jo’burg.
