Jambo bwana music score movie#

One day, the three friends come across a young cheetah cub in the savanna whose mother was killed and skinned by a poacher. I’m pretty sure this was meant to be racist! Morogo’s parents are also concerned about him spending so much time with Ted and Susan as they point out the weird things white people do like “eat fish”. Soon enough, Ted and Susan’s parents discover that they’ve left the house, but this surprisingly doesn’t lead to any conflict.

Jambo bwana music score movie#

I couldn’t find the version from the movie on YouTube, but enjoy the following clip.) (Around here we hear the song, Jambo Bwana, which features the phrase, “Hakuna Matata”. He shows them his village and the Kenyan savanna while they introduce him to Western marvels like video games. They meet and befriend a young Maasai kid named Morogo, played by Collin Mothupi, and the three of them become fast friends. Ted and Susan obey at first, but eventually do leave the house to explore after feeling bored out of their minds. They tell Ted and Susan to stay indoors and not to go off exploring. Their parents pick them up from the airport and drive them to their house, a solitary abode in the Kenyan savanna, but not far from the local village by car. The siblings are looking forward to the visit although they may have mistaken assumptions of what Kenya will be like. They’ve just arrived in Kenya by plane from California to join their parents who work here in Kenya.

We’re then introduced to siblings, Ted and Susan Johnson, played by Keith Coogan and Lucy Deakins, respectively. I like to think that Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers watched this and inspiration struck! This was a whole five years before another Disney film would be released! Yep, Squanto, exactly!īut should Cheetah be remembered for more than just that? Read on for my review of the film!ĭirected by Jeff Blyth, Cheetah opens up to a montage of the East African landscape and wildlife. While not a popular film, Cheetah, is somewhat notable for having the distinction of being the Disney film that introduced the Swahili phrase, “Hakuna Matata” to the Western World.

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