''Retour à Gorée'' (English: ''Return to Gorée'') is a 2007 musical documentary
road movie
A road movie is a film genre, genre of film in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. Road movies often depict travel in the hinterlands, with the films exploring the the ...
directed by
Pierre-Yves Borgeaud Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, born in Monthey, Switzerland, is a film director and videographer. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Arts from the University of Lausanne in 1990, with a thesis exploring the influence of jazz on French writers such as Paul M ...
, featuring singer
Youssou N'Dour
Youssou N'Dour (, ; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' described him as, "perhaps the m ...
's journey along the trail left by slaves and by the jazz music they invented. Youssou N'Dour's challenge is to bring back to Africa a jazz repertoire and to sing those tunes in Goree, the island that today symbolizes the slave trade and stands to commemorate its victims. Guided in his mission by the pianist Moncef Genoud, Youssou N'Dour travels across the United States of America and Europe. Accompanied by some of the world's most exceptional musicians, they meet peoples and well known figures, and create, through concerts, encounters and debates. Their music transcends cultural division.
September 19, 2008
Awards
* Nyon Visions du Réel (Switzerland) 2007
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Luxembourgian documentary films
Senegalese documentary films
2007 documentary films
2007 films
Swazi documentary films
Documentary films about African music
Documentary films about slavery
2000s French-language films
Documentary films about jazz music and musicians
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