Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Malcolm McLaren - Zulus on a Time Bomb: Music Video (Dir. Ian Gabriel)

 

 

Mid eighties. South African Music Video director Ian Gabriel took Malcom McLaren to visit the all male Zulu Mine Hostel in Johannesburgs Jeppestown. The result was this vibrant off the cuff celebration of some highs and lows of Zulu culture, including scenes reenacting the historic British defeat at the hands of the Zulus and the sacrificial killing of a bull before a village feast. Never screened in Apartheid South Africa, and re edited by the BBC, the original video went on to win Best Music Video Bronze at the New York Film and TV Festival. Here it is . Uncut.