UBUHLE BEMBALI – “THE BEAUTY OF FLOWERS

  • Emanuelle Bidou
  • Documentary
  • 1999
  • 56 min

In South Africa, laborers who have come to work in the urban areas are gathered in huge hostels. One of them, Madala, built in 1948 in the Johannesburg district, houses more than 4000 single Zulu men.Groups of musicians gather in each of these hostels. Contests are regularly organized, thus perpetuating a fundamental element of Zulu culture. Ubuhle Bembali is one of these groups.

Production
  • Ex Nihilo
  • Nicolas Blanc
Coproduction
  • TV10 ANGERS
  • MEZZO
Distribution Doc & Films International