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  • 2009
  • PG
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2009
  • PG
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love is a music-infused cinematic journey about the power of one man’s voice to inspire change. One of Time magazine’s100 most influential people in the world and called “the rare rock star whose music matters,” Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour is beloved internationally and at home. In 2005, the Grammy-winni...

Directed By: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Written By: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

  • 2009
  • PG
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2009
  • PG
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 42 m

Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love is a music-infused cinematic journey about the power of one man’s voice to inspire change. One of Time magazine’s100 most influential people in the world and called “the rare rock star whose music matters,” Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour is beloved internationally and at home. In 2005, the Grammy-winni...

Directed By: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Written By: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
59
54% Positive
7 Reviews
46% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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54% Positive
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46% Mixed
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100
A beautiful film.
By Jonathan Curiel FULL REVIEW
70
But by far the most powerful element is N'Dour's lone voice, a thing of high, pure beauty that feels at once ancient and new. When he sings, an otherwise earnestly conventional film becomes a vehicle of incantatory power.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
70
Best when exploring the nitty gritty of N'Dour's life as a musician, favorite son and cultural ambassador.
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67
Love looks and sounds great, but in depicting N’Dour as a lofty symbol for music’s power to bridge worlds and inspire, it sometimes loses sight of the man.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
60
For all the singer's sincere intentions to build secular-religious bridges, a straight-up concert film might have been a better approach, especially given viewer fatigue with those musicians and their causes.
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50
The film works best when we see N'Dour onstage. He has a great set of pipes and is nothing if not charismatic.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
40
When the film sticks to biographical and career background, it is on steady ground, but when it argues the case for one particular album, it becomes promotional rather than documentary material.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
5.8
44% Positive
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33% Mixed
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22% Negative
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22% Negative
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Production Company Groovy Griot, 57th & Irving Productions, Little Monster Films
Release Date Jun 12, 2009
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating PG
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Tagline A musical journey about the power of one voice to inspire millions
Website http://www.tamasadiffusion.com/sitesofficiels/youssou/youssou-index.html
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Awards

São Paulo International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Documentary Association
• 1 Nomination

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