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VIEUX FROM NIAFUNKÉ

By Ian CAMPBELL

True Story - Completed 2020

Vieux de Niafunké explores the link between music and culture. love, home, community, family and peace through the music of Malian musician Vieux Farka Touré. It is a portrait of Mali through music.

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- True Story, Biography, Documentary
- Countries
- MALI, UNITED KINGDOM, ISRAEL, USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH, FRENCH
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 63 mn
- Director(s)
- Ian CAMPBELL
- Cast
- Vieux FARKA TOURÉ, Matthew MCCONAUGHEY
- Producer(s)
- Edwin STEPP (Django Productions)
- Synopsis
- Vieux de Niafunké explores the link between music and culture. Love, home, community, family and peace through music. It is a portrait of Mali through music. Vieux’s sound mixes elements of rock, the roots of Blues, Latin music, and other African influences. His music works to link the world’s diverse cultures as well as create a new soundtrack for the global community. This documentary takes you on a virtual worldwide journey, following Vieux as he shares his music, culture and peace to a world that desperately needs it. Music has the power to transcend vast cultural and political divides and Vieux proves it every time he steps on stage.