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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Mali's music defines the country's cultural identity. Radical Islamists are threatening the musicians. Together with the stars of Malian Global Pop - Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté Master Soumy and Ahmed Ag Kaedi - we embark on a musical journey to Mali's agitated heart. Can their music reconcile the country?

Directed By: Lutz Gregor

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Mali Blues

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Summary Mali's music defines the country's cultural identity. Radical Islamists are threatening the musicians. Together with the stars of Malian Global Pop - Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté Master Soumy and Ahmed Ag Kaedi - we embark on a musical journey to Mali's agitated heart. Can their music reconcile the country?

Directed By: Lutz Gregor

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Universal Acclaim Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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25% Mixed
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90
Jul 6, 2017
Music documentaries are thick on the land, and political ones are numerous as well, but Mali Blues is different in that it artfully combines hypnotic music with definite societal concerns.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 29, 2017
First-time feature director Gregor never imposes a narrative arc on his subjects; instead, we meet them, hear their hopes and their fears, and then savor performances of singular beauty, power, and invention.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 29, 2017
Despite the urgency of the situation the musicians face, when they’re not doing their work, the movie is quiet, observant, taking in the austere beauty of the land and the people.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 29, 2017
While the film lavishes in the beautiful landscape and the vibrant, eclectic music that abounds, it never coalesces into anything greater than the sum of its parts, or become the film the subject deserves.
By Gary Garrison FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Jun 29, 2017
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://gebrueder-beetz.de/en/
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Awards

Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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