Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche à Bamako | Desert Blues, A Musical Journey into the Heart of Mali

Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche à Bamako

Music Documentary, D: Marc-Antoine Moreau, France / Senegal, 2004, 52 min, French with English subtitles

This musical encounter resulted in an album that perfectly harmonizes hypnotic sound tapestries and the songs of the Mali Griots: “Dimanche à Bamako“, winner of the 2006 BBC World Music Best Album Award, sold 600,000 times. The film accompanies Amadou & Mariam on their journey through Mali and documents their collaboration with Manu Chao. Scenes in the studio alternate with live gigs, interviews and atmospheric landscapes.
A film by "World Music Films on tour"
IMZ - International Music + Media Centre

Desert Blues, A Musical Journey into the Heart of Mali

Music Documentary, D: Michel Jaffrennou, France / Belgium / Mali, 2006, 60 min, original French version with English subtitles

Michel Jaffrennou’s “Desert Blues” brings together musicians from various ethnic groups in Mali, taking them on a journey deep into the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River. It’s a musical tale with the sounds of Habib Koité, Afel Bocoum or the women of the Tuareg group Tartit. A symbiosis of breathtaking landscapes and insights into the lives of the people who live in the country.