ReMastered: The Lion's Share

TV Movie
20182018
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

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South African journalist Rian Malan searches for the original writers of the legendary song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."South African journalist Rian Malan searches for the original writers of the legendary song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."South African journalist Rian Malan searches for the original writers of the legendary song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

661

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- Sam Cullman
- Jeff Zimbalist
- Michael Zimbalist
Stars
- Rian Malan
- Solomon Linda(archive footage)
- Delphi Linda

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination

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Elizabeth Linda in ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2018)

Delphi Linda in ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2018)

Hanro Friedrich in ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2018)

Rian Malan in ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2018)

Fildah Linda in ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2018)

Jay Siegel in ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2018)

Elizabeth Linda and Fildah Linda in ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2018)

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Trivia
Rian Malan comes from a prominent Afrikaner family that settled in the Cape in the 17th century and included DF Malan, the South African Prime Minister who was a principal ideological force behind Apartheid doctrine.

Connections
Features The Lion King (1994)

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Featured review

7/10

Informative and revealing

I had no idea how much history was behind 'The Lion Sleeps tonight' and its original Mbube. The roots of this and the history are quite fascinating and tragic. I found it remarkable how simple facts still had a complicated outcome. Solomon Linda wrote the song, the proceeds should go to his family. Ironic how laws and systems go against justice and reparations. A simple barter system of giving the loaf back to the person you took it from would yield a better result. Heartbreaking when others benefit from someone's work and they receive the short straw.

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