Return to Gorée
Music
Documentary

Return to Gorée

9.0
110 min
2007
Pierre-Yves Borgeaud

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.

Top Cast

Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

Self

Moncef Genoud

Moncef Genoud

Self

Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye

Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye

Self

Idris Muhammad

Idris Muhammad

Self

Pyeng Threadgill

Pyeng Threadgill

Self

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