Music Is My Life

Music Is My Life: Joseph Shabalala & Ladysmith Black Mambazo ‘Music Is My Life’ tells the remarkable story of the late Dr. Joseph Shabalala, the leader of South Africa’s multi-Grammy award-winning group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

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.