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Return to Goree

  • Retour à Gorée
Genre : Musical
Type : Documentary
Original title : De Volta à Goreia [Brésil]
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2007
Format : Feature
Running time : 108 (in minutes)
http://www.retouragoree.com

The musical road movie, Return to Gorée, tells of African singer Youssou N'Dour's epic journey following the trail left by slaves and by the jazz music they invented. Youssou N'Dour's challenge is to bring back to Africa a jazz repertoire and to sing those tunes in Goree, the island that today symbolizes the slave trade and stands to commemorate its victims. Guided in his mission by the pianist Moncef Genoud, Youssou N'Dour travels across the United States of America and Europe. Accompanied by some of the world's most exceptional musicians, they meet peoples and well known figures, and create, through concerts, encounters and debates, music which transcends cultural division.
From Atlanta to New Orleans, from New York to Dakar through Luxemburg the songs are transformed, immersed in jazz and gospel. But the day of their return to Africa is fast approaching and much remains to be done to be ready for the final concert...

Switzerland/Luxembourg/Senegal, 2006, 90mins, musical documentary, English and French with English subtitles,
Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, dir.

RELEASE / SORTIE DANS LES SALLES DE SUISSE ROMANDE /
DÈS LE 22.08.2007

SORTIE LUXEMBOURG / RELEASE LUXEMBURG :
08.06.2007



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2007 | États Généraux du Film Documentaire | LUSSAS, France | August 19 > 25, 2007
> Selection (Africa)


PROJECTIONS DANS LES OPEN AIR :
DI. 22.07.2007 NIDAU
DI. 12.08.2007 GENÈVE
VE. 17.08.2007 LAUSANNE

Montreux Jazz FestivalL | MONTREUX, France | Milves Davis Hall | Vendredi 06.07.2007 / 20H30
> EN OUVERTURE
> CONCERT AVEC YOUSSOU N'DOUR, MONCEF GENOUD ET
LES MUSICIENS DU FILM.

PRIX SUISSIMAGE / SSA (SOCIÉTÉ SUISSE DES AUTEURS)
> MEILLEUR DOCUMENTAIRE SUISSE DE CRÉATION
> VISIONS DU RÉEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, NYON
> COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE: 20 AU 26.04.2007

2007 | Africa in Motion | EDINBURGH, Scottland | www.africa-in-motion.org.uk
* Selection

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O "road movie" musical documenta a trajetória do cantor africano Youssou N'Dour, que tem como meta trazer à ilha de Gorée, símbolo do tráfico de escravos, canções de jazz para homenagear as vítimas do local.

Direção: Pierre-Yves Borgeaud
Produção: Suíça, Luxemburgo. 2007. 90 min.

Si parte da Gorèe, isola senegalese da cui sono transitati milioni di africani, destinati alla schiavitù nelle Americhe. Un viaggio attraverso Stati Uniti, Europa e Africa, seguendo le rotte degli schiavi; alla ricerca delle radici del jazz. Il cantante senegalese Youssou N'Dour intraprende questa avventura accompagnato dal pianista svizzero Moncef Genoud e dal fondatore del Conservatorio della Maison des Esclaves di Gorèe. Incontrerà una moltitudine di musicisti e artisti che riunirà a Gorèe per un concerto dove emergerà tutta la storia africana. Una storia dolorosa da cui è sbocciata la melodia che ha accompagnato lo sviluppo della musica.

Un road movie nato da un'idea di Youssou N'Dour. Un viaggio attraverso tre continenti, sulle note che hanno contribuito e contribuiranno all'emancipazione africana.

Svizzera, Lussemburgo - 2007
Regia: Pierre-Yves Borgeaud
Interpreti: Youssou Ndour, Moncef Genoud, Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye, Harmony Harmoneers, Idris Muhammad, James Cammack, Pyeng Threadgill, Grégoire Maret, Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), Ernie Hammes, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Karfa Diallo
Durata: 108'

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  • Guerrilla Arts
  • HOT
  • Bayimba
  • Uganda Women Writers Association
  • Arts 256
  • 32º East
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