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Great Great Great Grandparents’ Music
Available on DVD
and VHS video.
New “chapterized” DVD version of the 104-minute feature documentary, with 84 chapters!
Filmed over a period of two decades, Great Great Great Grandparents’ Music presents an intimate portrait of the remarkable Koné family, three generations of jeli —West African musicians-singers-dancers and carriers of collective knowledge and culture. The film focuses on this ancient system of cultural transmission through sharing, respect and humor.
104 minute feature documentary film—with 84 chapters—which you can order by clicking on the “Purchase Now!” button above or by clicking on “read more” below the demo.
Diro and his Talking Musical Bow
Available on DVD, VHS video
and 16mm film.
Portrait of West African musician Diro Dah, who gathers materials from nature to construct, tune and play a new kankarama (musical bow).
Using music to imitate the rising and falling tones of Lor, the language of the Lobi people, in a hide-and-seek game, Diro delightfully engages village children as he directs them to a hidden object with his talking musical bow.
Dance of the Bella
Available on DVD, VHS video and 16mm film.
Entrancing film of dance performed to humming and handclapping on the southern reaches of the Sahara desert.
The Bella people, having survived seven years of drought and famine, dance at dusk, celebrating the major Islamic feast, known as Tabasky in West Africa and Id al Adha in Arabic.
Adama, the Fulani Magician
Available on DVD, VHS video
and 16mm film.
Adama Hamidou, a renowned deaf West African street performer and practitioner of the ancient Yan Taori magic tradition, spreads wonder and delight among the people of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
As a deaf man, Adama has found a unique, witty means of communication. Ritual and tradition unfold as Adama prepares himself for magic.
ZAM ZAM
2 hour documentary,
in post-production.
Seeking completion funds.
Filmed over a span of two decades, ZAM ZAM presents an intimate portrait of a healer-farmer-dancer, living in harmony with his family and community, rooted in the ancient traditions of the Moose [pronounced “mo-say”] Empire with an unbroken history dating back more than eight hundred years!
ZAKARAMBA, a Family for All Seasons
Village boys and girls play a dance-game. Weaving from side to side, the children sing emphatically that people should refrain from ruining the reputations of innocent people.
3 hour documentary,
in post-production.
Seeking completion funds.
Filmed over a span of two decades,
in the Sahelian region of West Africa.
ZAKARAMBA, a Family for All Seasons presents an intimate portrait of three generations of an extended Moose family of farmers and their community in the struggle for survival, through a seven year drought, a bumper crop and subsequent crop successes and failures.
ALPHA
—feature documentary on international
Reggae super-star Alpha Blondy
2 hour documentary, in post-production.
Seeking completion funds.
ALPHA—6 minute demo of feature doc on world renowned reggae singer Alpha Blondy from Ivory Coast [Côte d’Ivoire], West Africa.
Alpha sings in six languages for world peace and justice. Live concerts and interviews with Alpha in English, French and Jula.
Alpha Blondy, Solar System band members, fans and 16 of the most renowned singers and musicians from Africa and the Caribbean share their perspectives on the meaning and message of Reggae and African music.
African Family Film Foundation seeks funding for post-production and release of this engaging and enlightening film to the world public.
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