A vibrant chronicle of one of today’s most notorious and revered live bands, Gogol Bordello Non-Stop follows Eugene Hütz’s gypsy-punk brigade around the world as they spread their liberating libertine musical gospel. Filmmaker Margarita Jimeno tracks their raucous gigs from 2001 to 2006, from NYC to Italy, as the band rises from dingy basements to festival main-stages. The cast is a rotating circus of polyglot personalities from Israel, Russia and America, who dish on their music, their heritage, and their favored vices. Hütz, a sardonic mustachioed Ukrainian immigrant and the group ringleader, fuses his gypsy heritage with a love of punk rock and burlesque. Part carnival barker, social organizer, and poet, he’s a mesmerizing presence on-stage and off.

Gogol Bordello: Non Stop is an artful documentary that mixes flamboyant costumes, intricate dance choreography, a relentless beat and an explosive energy not seen since the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll.
 
 
 

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Fela Kuti is to African music what Bob Marley is to reggae: its prophet. All contemporary forms of black music, from funk to electronic, owe something to the irresistible groove of the Afrobeat sound that he created. He recorded more than 60 albums and spent a lifetime fighting against political corruption in his homeland of Nigeria, where the people affectionately called him their “Black President.”

Shot in Lagos at the peak of his career in 1982, this documentary contains interviews with Fela detailing his thoughts on politics, Pan-Africanism, music and religion, alongside unpublished versions of songs like ITT, Army Arrangement and Power Show. For all who wish to know more about an artist at the heart of African musical history, Fela Kuti: Music is the Weapon is an essential film.
 
 
 

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Already a worldwide film festival favorite, SOUND OF THE SOUL transports viewers on an exhilarating and inspiring cinematic journey into the heart of the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music.

SOUND OF THE SOUL celebrates the historic city of Fez, an ancient sanctuary for Muslim, Jewish and Christian inhabitants. This North African desert Mecca is the ideal location for an exceptional music festival that brings together a gospel band from Harlem, the ethereal sound of Irish vocal group Anuna, a transcendent chorus of African Berber women, a soul-wrenching Portuguese Fado singer, a French early music ensemble, and players and vocalists from Afghanistan, England, Russia, Ireland, Mauritania, and Turkey. All are intermixed with unforgettable Moroccan Sufi performers and all are connected through their artistry by profound expressions of love and faith.

In a world increasingly polarized by religious conflicts and fundamentalist forces, SOUND OF THE SOUL reverberates with unity, understanding, and most of all, hope. This thought-provoking documentary film vividly portrays the universal language of music and an Arab country where people of different faiths and cultures have lived together in relative peace for centuries.

SOUND OF THE SOUL includes a bonus CD featuring the music of:

Francoise Atlan & the Mohamed Briouel Orchestra – (France-Morocco)
Farida Mahwash & the Kabul Ensemble (Afghanistan)
Anuna (Ireland)
Samaa Sahraoui (Morocco)
Tariqa Harraquia (Morocco)
The Sirine Choir (Russia)
The Tallis Scholars (United Kingdom)
Nass El Ghiwane (Morocco)
The Sirine Choir (Russia)
The McCullough Sons of Thunder (United States)

“A handsome documentary…intensely rhythmic and ecstatic.”
-Variety

“The music you will see in this film is extraordinary, and its message of healing is extraordinary.”
-Peter Scarlet, Executive Director, Tribeca Film Festival

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