Black Mambas

Three women take on the coveted job of Black Mambas Rangers, assigned to the Big Five animals (Elephants, Rhinos, Lions,Leopards, Buffalo) at the Greater Kruger Park.Nkateko, who sees the position as a first step for her career; Qolile, training anti-poaching dogs to support her family whileher husband looks for work, and Naledi, an idealist who sees the Black Mambas as the pinnacle of female empowerment,stand at the crossroads of the country’s forward progress and its colonial past.As the women patrol the parks’ outer boundary fence lines, the Black Mambas are responsible for the safety of the Big Five against poachers, but when their boss puts them on display to promote “environmental patriotism” each finds herself at aunique critical juncture.

• Writers: Lena Karbe, Tristan Coloma
• Producers: Lena Karbe, Jan Vasak, Ramadan Suleman
• Cinematographer / DOP: Mateusz Smolka
• Editor: Georg Michael Fisher
• Sound: George Ramosime