Beeldvoorbeeld's video: Trailer A lion s trail

A Lions Trail This film tells the story of the most famous song ever to come from Africa: Mbube, which first evolved into Wimoweh, and then into the universally popular The Lion Sleeps Tonight. A Lions Trail takes us on a journey through South Africa and the USA, into the musical worlds of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Manhattan Brothers, Pete Seeger and more. At the same time it reveals how Solomon Linda, the illiterate Zulu musician who composed the song, hardly received a penny from it while others continue to make millions from adaptations. The film is both a vibrant and joyous celebration of the timeless power of this song as well as a strong indictment of still-present injustices within the international recording industry and a record of the attempts to recover a stolen African dream. François Verster (South Africa) | South Africa, USA | 2003 | 55 min | Zulu and English spoken, English subtitles awards: Emmy Award for best non-fiction film 2006; Best Documentary Award, Portobello Film Festival 2003, Silver Dhow Award, Zanzibar International Film Festival 2003, NTVA Stone Award: Best Documentary 2003, NTVA Stone Craft Awards 2003: Art direction, Concept, Script and Research