Desert Blues

Desert Blues
Directed by Michel Jaffrenou
Produced by Mondomix Média Arte France Contre-Jour Divano Production Mali K7
Screenplay by Michel Jaffrenou
Cinematography Emmanuel Soyer
Edited by Nicolas Sardjvéladzé
Release date
 2006
Running time
 60 minutes
Country Belgium
France
Mali

Desert Blues is a 2006 documentary film directed by Michel Jaffrennou produced under an international collaboration between Belgium, France and Mali.

Synopsis

Although they come from different ethnic groups, two musicians and one band from Mali come together to make people listen to the desert: Habib Koité, a Bambara whose roots are in the Khassonké culture of western Mali; Afel Bocoum, a Songhai, considered the heir to Ali Farka Touré; and Tartit, an all-female Tuareg group from Timbuktu, ethnically related to the Berber people, that lends its voice to the cause of a subsisting culture. The coming together of these three is an event with true political significance considering the tragic events that shook Mali between 1995 and 1996. when the Mouvement Populaire de l’Azaouad/Azawad People's Movement (MPA) declared war for independence of the northern part of the country.

Awards

  • Festival Internacional de Cine de África y de las Islas (FIFAI), La Reunión, 2007

References


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