Lutz Gregor's guest appearances

Lutz Gregor

Face2Face with David Peck

Sean Campbell

Sammy Davis Jr

Pamela Hawley

Richard Bell

Gabe Polsky

Louis Theroux

Liz Forkin Bohannon

Werner Herzog

Aaron James

Bobby Motta

Jared Byas

Miranda Bailey

Dev Aujla

David Miller

Shane Claiborne

OwlTail

Lutz and I talk about his new film Mali Blues, the question of culture, colonialism, the power of music to evoke emotion and change and artful disruption.For more information about  TIFF go here.IMDBTrailerMore info about the film here.SynopsisWith her radiant voice and magnetic presence, Fatoumata Diawara, known as Fatou, is a rising star in world music. In her home country of Mali, music traditions are deep and varied, but their longevity was threatened when Islamic fundamentalists banned music in northern desert towns for several months beginning in 2012. (Diawara had a memorable cameo in Abderrahmane Sissako's Academy Award-nominated film Timbuktu as a singer being punished.) Having fled Mali as a young woman to escape an arranged marriage, Diawara's personal relationship to the country is complicated. In Mali Blues, we follow her as she returns in 2015 to give her first home concert at the Festival of the Niger in the southern Mali city of Ségou.Director Lutz Gregor treats our eyes to dazzling colours and clothing; and our ears to a rich array of African melodies. For a small country, Mali contains a multiplicity of ethnicities and musical strains. The centuries-old ngoni string instrument is said to be a precursor of the banjo. We hear from one of its modern masters, the griot Bassekou Kouyaté, who firmly believes that voices are stronger than weapons. Diawara meets with Tuareg musician Ahmed Ag Kaedi, whose guitar playing evokes Afro pop legend Ali Farke Touré and who was forced to flee his desert home under threats that fundamentalists would cut off his fingers. Another featured musician is the skilled rapper Master Soumy.For audiences discovering these talents for the first time, Mali Blues is a powerful testament to Mali's music and a tribute to the resilience of its people.BiographyLutz Gregor was born in Berlin.His films include Kontakt Triptychon, Königskinder, Frankfurt Dance Cuts, Zanzibar’s First Women’s Orchestra, and Mali Blues.----------For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit my site here.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lutz and I talk about his new film Mali Blues, the question of culture, colonialism, the power of music to evoke emotion and change and artful disruption.For more information about <a href="http://www.tiff.net/?view=grid&amp;pandi=hide&amp;mode=year-round&amp;" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> TIFF go here</a>.<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5427450/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">IMDB</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyNFYhvTNKo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a>More info about the <a href="http://www.gebrueder-beetz.de/en/productions/mali-blues-4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">film here</a>.SynopsisWith her radiant voice and magnetic presence, Fatoumata Diawara, known as Fatou, is a rising star in world music. In her home country of Mali, music traditions are deep and varied, but their longevity was threatened when Islamic fundamentalists banned music in northern desert towns for several months beginning in 2012. (Diawara had a memorable cameo in Abderrahmane Sissako's Academy Award-nominated film Timbuktu as a singer being punished.) Having fled Mali as a young woman to escape an arranged marriage, Diawara's personal relationship to the country is complicated. In Mali Blues, we follow her as she returns in 2015 to give her first home concert at the Festival of the Niger in the southern Mali city of Ségou.Director Lutz Gregor treats our eyes to dazzling colours and clothing; and our ears to a rich array of African melodies. For a small country, Mali contains a multiplicity of ethnicities and musical strains. The centuries-old ngoni string instrument is said to be a precursor of the banjo. We hear from one of its modern masters, the griot Bassekou Kouyaté, who firmly believes that voices are stronger than weapons. Diawara meets with Tuareg musician Ahmed Ag Kaedi, whose guitar playing evokes Afro pop legend Ali Farke Touré and who was forced to flee his desert home under threats that fundamentalists would cut off his fingers. Another featured musician is the skilled rapper Master Soumy.For audiences discovering these talents for the first time, Mali Blues is a powerful testament to Mali's music and a tribute to the resilience of its people.BiographyLutz Gregor was born in Berlin.His films include Kontakt Triptychon, Königskinder, Frankfurt Dance Cuts, Zanzibar’s First Women’s Orchestra, and Mali Blues.----------For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">my site here</a>.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Mali Blues - TIFF 2016 - Lutz Gregor