Return to Gorée

Story

Synopsis

Because jazz is the miraculous product of the horror of slavery, Youssou N'Dour returned to the slave route and the music they created, in search of new inspiration. Accompanied by the blind Swiss pianist Moncef Genoud and the Director of the Gorée House of Slaves Museum, Joseph N'Diaye, the Senegalese singer wrote new songs during this initiatory voyage which took him to the USA then to Europe. At Gorée, an island just off the Senegalese coast and symbol of the slave trade, his memorable concert marked the end of this quest and the start of a new challenge: making today's generation aware of the tragedy of slavery, the importance of not forgetting and the need for reconciliation.

Director

Pierre-Yves Borgeaud

Writers

Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, Emmanuel Gétaz

Language

English

Country

Switzerland, Luxembourg

Release date

27 October 2007

Ensemble

Cast

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  Youssou N'Dour

  Self

• Moncef Genoud

  Self

• Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye

  Self

• Idris Muhammad

  Self

• 

  Pyeng Threadgill

  Self

• Grégoire Maret

  Self

• 

  Amiri Baraka

  Self

• Ernie Hammes

  Self

• Wolfgang Muthspiel

  Self

• Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

  Self

• Karfa Diallo

  Self

• James Cammack

  Self