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| Wijdan - Le mystére de la musique de transe Gnawa [AKA Wijdan - Mystery of Gnawa Trance Music] |
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első megjelenés éve: 2007
52 perc |
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| (2008)
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The Gnawa people have been shrouded in mystery since they were exiled from the Malian empire and brought as slaves to Morocco in the 16th century. In the last two decades, the power of their trance music has come into the spotlight thanks to Western musicians. Led Zeppelin and Archie Shepp, among others, have been fascinated by the mystical dimension of the music and its role in the rise of the blues. In this captivating documentary, filmmakers Bella Le Nestour and John Allen paint an intimate portrait of two men - Sirbiri Samake, a Bambarra musician from Mali, and Brahim El Belkani, a Gnawa musician from Morocco - who are seen during their historic meeting in 2000. In Arabic, Wijdan means "the meeting of souls." Watch these masters of the supernatural trace their roots back in time as they share their musical knowledge with a younger generation.
Although considered an obscure tribe, the Gnawa people's unusual musical development influenced such notable musicians as Archie Shepp and Led Zeppelin. Originally from the African nation of Mali, the Gnawa people were enslaved in Morocco where they created a sound that helped them transcend the misery of their lives. This is their amazing story, which is both a testament to their spirit as well as their contribution to music history.
As a tribe all but unknown in the west, the Gnawa people endured a sad history which witnessed them being forcibly dragged away from their original home - in Mali - and carted against their will to a sad new life as Moroccan slaves. Over the course of time, the Gnawas developed a most unusual form of music known as "trance" music, which several western acts, in turn (including jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp and arena rockers Led Zeppelin) fluidly incorporated into their compositions and performances. The acts felt fascinated by the music's status as a grass-roots source of the blues and its ability to forge a "mystical" connection between the players and listeners. The documentary Wijdan: The Mystery of Gnawa Trance Music demonstrates just such a connection as it develops between two otherwise unacquainted musicians and mysteriously pulls them together: Moroccan gnawi musician Brahim and Malian bambarra performer Sibiri. The film also witnesses an extraordinary series of events whereby the performers "transfer" hidden knowledge to their young.
--- Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide |
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