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YOUSSON N'DOUR: I BRING WHAT I LOVE


“A Singer with a voice so extraordinary that the history of Africa seems locked inside it” Rolling Stone Magazine

Director/writer: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Directors of Photography: Nick Doob, JoJo Pennebaker, Scott Duncan and Hugo Berkeley
Editor: Jonathan Oppenheim, Fernando Villena
Score: James Newton Howard, Martin Davich
Cast: Yousson N’dour, Peter Gabriel, Moustapha Mbaye, Kabou Gueye,
Genre: Documentary

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..

www.ibringwhatilove.com

Screening:
Sunday • Academy Art Museum • 12:30pm • 102min • Q&A
Sponsor: Third Haven Friends Meeting

SINGLE SCREENING
$8 – available before Sat., 9/19 • $10 at the door

 

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