Return to Gorée

Return to Gorée (2007)


  • Genre: Music, Documentary
  • Release Date: 2007-10-27
  • User Rating: 9/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 50min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Iris Productions
  • Production Country: Luxembourg, Switzerland
  • Director: Pierre-Yves Borgeaud
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Summary

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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  • Youssou N'Dour

    as Self
  • Moncef Genoud

    as Self
  • Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye

    as Self
  • Idris Muhammad

    as Self
  • Pyeng Threadgill

    as Self
  • Grégoire Maret

    as Self
  • Amiri Baraka

    as Self
  • Ernie Hammes

    as Self
  • Wolfgang Muthspiel

    as Self
  • Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

    as Self
  • Karfa Diallo

    as Self
  • James Cammack

    as Self
Directing Pierre-Yves Borgeaud Director
Writing Emmanuel Gétaz Writer
Writing Pierre-Yves Borgeaud Writer

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