
New York (Tadias) – You may
remember our recent interview with Grammy-nominated Ethiopian-American
musician Kenna (né Kenna Zemedkun) from camp base Tanzania as he
prepared to lead a team of friends – including Jessica Biel, Lupe
Fiasco, Isabel Lucas, Elizabeth Gore, and Alexandra Cousteau – to climb
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak and one of the world’s largest
stratovolcanoes, in an effort to raise more awareness about the global
clean water crisis. On Sunday, March 15th, MTV will air a documentary
about the climb.
“When you go by yourself and you’re on a solo
mission, it’s not necessarily something that registers at the end of the
day. No one has your back. Getting to the top of Kilimanjaro this time
had everything to do with the fact that I had an army with me,” Kenna
told MTV News. “Some of us would literally look at each other and say,
‘If you weren’t here, I wouldn’t have made it.’ Our director, Mike
Bonfiglio, was basically watching Isabel Lucas, and saw her dedication
when she was really, really ill at the top of this mountain. And he,
literally, was like, ‘She made it, I’ve got to do this.’ ”
According
to MTV, Kenna’s friend Justin Timberlake will introduce the film. The
90-minute documentary will premiere on Sunday (March 14) at 9 p.m. ET.
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