Director
Lena Karbe
Run Time
81 mins
Release Year
2022
Country of Origin
Germany, France
Language
English, Tsonga, Sepedi
Director of Photography: Mateusz Smolka
Editor: Georg Michael Fischer
Produced by: Lena Karve, Jan Vasak
Music: Rémi Alexandre
Screenplay by: Tristan Coloma, Lena Karbe
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Black Mambas
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On the surface, Black Mambas is an empowering story about the first South African all-female anti-poaching group and the women who find economic independence through it. Far from a shiny tale of female empowerment, though, this documentary subtly illuminates the tensions and power dynamics that still exist in their community around men, women and who’s allowed to be the breadwinner. [15]