THE MALI-CUBA CONNECTION

AFRICA MIA

By Richard MINIER, Edouard SALIER

ARTMATTAN PRODUCTIONS - as SALES / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, USA

Documentary - Completed 2019

The birth of Afro-Cuban music

    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Musical
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FRENCH, BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 105 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Richard MINIER, Edouard SALIER
    • Synopsis
    • 1964. In the midst of the Cold War, ten young promising musicians from Mali are sent to Cuba to study music and strengthen cultural links between the two socialist regimes. They invent a whole new genre: Afro- Cuban Music and become the iconic group, "Las Maravillas de Mali". New Year's Eve 2000. Richard Minier, a French music producer meets a former member of the band in Bamako and decides to bring the band back together.