''Ayo Joy'' is a 2009
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
produced by the French company
MK2 and directed by Raphaël Duroy about the singer
Ayọ
Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin (born 14 September 1980), known professionally as Ayọ, is a German singer, songwriter and actress. She uses the Yoruba translation Ayọ or Ayo. of her first name ''Joy''.
Her debut album '' Joyful'', released in 2006, ...
. The 90 minute film, which comes into the cinemas end of 2009 or early 2010,
shows her life and the search for her roots during the preparations and execution of her first concert in Nigeria, the birth country of her father.
References
External links
MK2 Catalogue: Ayo JoyThe mk2 Cine Wire, Festival de Cannes
2009 films
2009 documentary films
Documentary films about women in music
Documentary films about singers
French documentary films
French independent films
Documentary films about African music
Films produced by Marin Karmitz
2009 independent films
2000s French films
2000s French-language films
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