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Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

Egypt, France, United States, Senegal

2008

102 Min
Color
1.85:1
Arabic, English, Wolof, French
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DIR Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

EXEC Jack Turner, Edward Tyler Nahem, Patrick Morris, Jennifer Millstone, Miklos C. Vasarhelyi

PROD Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

SCR Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

DP Nick Doob, Jojo Pennebaker, Scott Duncan

CAST Youssou N'Dour, Peter Gabriel, Moustapha Mbaye, Kabou Guèye, Fathi Salama

ED Craig Mc Kay, Jonathan Oppenheim, Fernando Villena

MUSIC James Newton Howard

SOUND Tom Fleischman

Toronto (Official Selection, Special Presentation), Telluride (Official Selection)

Synopsis

Senegalese pop sensation Youssou Ndour has spent the last 20 years in the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and the iconic representative “voice of Africa”. At the height of his career, Youssou, became frustrated by the negative perception of his Muslim faith and composed Egypt, a deeply spiritual album dedicated to a more tolerant view of Islam.

It was a critical and career-defining moment. Ndour’s brave musical message was wholeheartedly embraced by Western audiences but ignited serious religious controversy in his homeland of Senegal.

Combining unprecedented images of Senegal’s most sacred Muslim rituals, vibrant concert performances filmed around the world and intimate access to Ndour and his family, I Bring What I Love chronicles the difficult journey Youssou must undertake to assume his true calling. Youssou Ndour is a voice of hope and tolerance, a modern day moral and political leader whose message transcends music but remains grounded in the universality of faith.

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Harmonie

15Jul10

I am very glad that a documentary was finally made about this amazing artist, even though I would have appreciated more music and a bit more of an examination of the harder questions concerning free speech and modern Islam. But overall a touching, honest tribute to a great musician.

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