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Black Mambas

Deutschland Frankreich Südafrika 2020-2022 Dokumentarfilm

Casting off traditional roles to take up the fight against poaching. The "Black Mambas" are an all-women group that protects endangered species from illegal hunting in Kruger National Park, South Africa. For them, the job represents self-determination and strength and the uncompromising desire to conserve their country’s fauna – but how far can their emancipation actually succeed?

Source: DOK.fest München 2022 / Helga-Mari Steininger

Credits

Director

  • Lena Karbe

Screenplay

  • Lena Karbe (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Mateusz Smolka

Editing

  • Georg Michael Fischer

Music

  • Rémi Alexandre

Production company

  • Karbe Film GmbH (München)
  • Day for Night productions (Paris)
  • Natives at Large (Johannesburg)

Producer

  • Lena Karbe (Karbe Film GmbH)
  • Jan Vasak (Day for Night productions)
  • Ramadan Suleman (Natives at Large)

Alle Credits

Director

  • Lena Karbe

Co-Autor

  • Tristan Coloma (Konzept)

Screenplay

  • Lena Karbe (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Mateusz Smolka

Colour grading

  • Thomas Herget

Editing

  • Georg Michael Fischer

Sound design

  • Clemens Becker

Sound

  • George Ramosime

Audio mixing

  • Clemens Becker

Music

  • Rémi Alexandre

Production company

  • Karbe Film GmbH (München)
  • Day for Night productions (Paris)
  • Natives at Large (Johannesburg)

in association with

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)/Arte (Mainz)
  • Télévision Française (TF1) (Paris)

Producer

  • Lena Karbe (Karbe Film GmbH)
  • Jan Vasak (Day for Night productions)
  • Ramadan Suleman (Natives at Large)

Producer (TV)

  • Martin Pieper (ZDF / Arte)
  • Türkan Schirmer (ZDF / Arte)
  • Annabel Gain (Ushuaïa TV)

Original distributor

  • JIP Film und Verleih (Frankfurt am Main)

Funding

  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)

Shoot

    • August 2019 - Oktober 2020: Kruger-Nationalpark und Umgebung, Mosambik
Duration:
81 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 02.11.2022, 235727, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DK): 30.03.2022, Kopenhagen, CPH:DOX;
Erstaufführung (DE): 06.05.2022, München, DOK.fest;
Kinostart (DE): 17.11.2022

Titles

Additional titles
  • Weiterer Titel (eng) Wild Wild Life
  • Originaltitel (DE) Black Mambas

Versions

Original

Duration:
81 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 02.11.2022, 235727, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DK): 30.03.2022, Kopenhagen, CPH:DOX;
Erstaufführung (DE): 06.05.2022, München, DOK.fest;
Kinostart (DE): 17.11.2022

Awards

FBW 2022
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
Pordenone Docs Fest 2022
  • Green Documentary Award
CPH:DOX - Internationales Dokumentarfilm Festival Kopenhagen 2022
  • F:ACT AWARD
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/black-mambas_ed793820fdd34c418f22a02ad6bfc7f0