Sun, Feb 21 @ 9:50PM

YOUSSOU N'DOUR: RETURN TO GOREE

A musical road movie, “Youssou N’Dour: Return to Gorée” follows Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour's epic journey tracing the trail left by slaves and the jazz music they invented. Youssou N'Dour's challenge is to bring back to Africa a jazz repertoire of his own songs to perform a concert in Gorée, the island that today symbolizes the slave trade and stands to commemorate its victims. From Atlanta to New Orleans, from New York to Bordeaux and Luxembourg, the songs are transformed, immersed in jazz and gospel. Transcending cultural divisions and rehearsing with some of the world's most exceptional musicians, Youssou N'Dour is preparing to return to Africa for the final concert. By Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, Switzerland/ Luxembourg/ Senegal, 2006, 108min, musical documentary, English and French with English subtitles.