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Music Documentary

1h 50m

Return to Gorée (2007)

Overview

Because jazz is the miraculous product of the horror of slavery, Youssou N'Dour returned to the slave route and the music they created, in search of new inspiration. Accompanied by the blind Swiss pianist Moncef Genoud and the Director of the Gorée House of Slaves Museum, Joseph N'Diaye, the Senegalese singer wrote new songs during this initiatory voyage which took him to the USA then to Europe. At Gorée, an island just off the Senegalese coast and symbol of the slave trade, his memorable concert marked the end of this quest and the start of a new challenge: making today's generation aware of the tragedy of slavery, the importance of not forgetting and the need for reconciliation.

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Pierre-Yves Borgeaud

Director

Cast

Youssou N'Dour

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Moncef Genoud

Self

Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye

Self

Idris Muhammad

Self

Pyeng Threadgill

Self

Grégoire Maret

Self

Amiri Baraka

Self

Ernie Hammes

Self

Wolfgang Muthspiel

Self

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

Self

Karfa Diallo

Self

James Cammack

Self

Youssou N'Dour

Self

Moncef Genoud

Self

Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye

Self

Idris Muhammad

Self

Pyeng Threadgill

Self

Grégoire Maret

Self

Amiri Baraka

Self

Ernie Hammes

Self

Wolfgang Muthspiel

Self

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

Self

Karfa Diallo

Self

James Cammack

Self

Extra

Release Date

October 27, 2007

Original Language

English, French

Budget

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