Whether your interest is Culture, Travel or Music you will love this film. Bela Fleck takes his banjo to Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia and Mali seeking the African roots of the banjo. This film will teach you a lot about the musical culture and instruments of Africa as well as the genuine warmth and camaraderie of the African people and the bonds that music makes. The African Musicians and Dancers are Fantastic (Love Ruth Akella, the girl that plays the thumb piano). I was totally awed at Bela's masterful ability to pick up on the style and feeling of every Musician and Musical Group he met and merge his banjo in so instantaneously and flawlessly. The trip produced some very memorable music and recordings that will probably be played a hundred years from now. Give the film ten minutes to settle in. You will not be disappointed.
Review of Throw Down Your Heart
Throw Down Your Heart
(2008)
Love This Film! Great Travel Documentary with Impressive Musicianship
1 January 2010