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Ali Farka Touré, the gifted musician and farmer, came from Timbuktu. Yes, there is a place called Timbuktu and it’s in Africa, in the loop of the Niger to be precise. As a child Ali never learned to read or write, but his early passion for a home-made one-string, violin-like instrument led him away from his humble roots to the music festivals of Europe in the 60’s. Critics and fans alike have compared his music to the Soul-Blues magic of greats like B.B. King, John Lee Hooker...even Eric Clapton. Ironically he had never heard their “sound” before creating his music. Amazingly, his sound is authentic Blues....and through it, we can hear the native roots, the origins of the Afro-centric rhythms found in Soul, Blues and Jazz! These Afro-centric sounds, which found their way across the seas to America during the era of slavery, preserved and transformed into modern Jazz, are the essence of Ali’s music.
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In this spellbinding biography of Nobel Prize Winning author Gabriel García Márquez, the brilliant storyteller is interviewed in depth, and takes us between the worlds of magic and reality—a sorcerer’s tale, in his own words.
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Presents a musical journey through the area surrounding the Ganges. Focuses on Benares, Ustad Bismillah Khan, a musician influenced by Indian musical traditions, and the Shehnai, an oboe-type instrument. Other masters performing are Girja Devi, Lacchu Maharaj, Jotin Bhattacharya, N. Rajam.
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French television documentary which tells the French audience about what rock music was in the Soviet Union. Appearances: band "Кино" Boris Grebenshchikov, Sergey Kuryokhin, band "Секрет", Stas Namin, Artemy Troitsky and Alla Pugacheva.
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O filme conta desde a abertura das estradas transamazônicas e descoberta de jazidas minerais, a presença do capital extrangeiro, passando pelo primeiro contato entre os índios Parakanas com o "homem branco", assimilando uma cultura diferente e descobrindo o conturbado rumo que esta lhe reserva: a expropriação de suas terras pelas multinacionais.
Atraídos com presentes, e crentes na confiança dos emissários da missão que falam sua língua, os índios que se mostraram prontamente "pacíficos" são expulsos de seus territórios e encerrados em reservas indígenas. Locais onde o branco não tenha interesse e em consequência farão com que os 'selvagens' sejam subjugados ao mundo dito civilizado.
Assim este documentário mostra o contato e impacto da aproximação predatória dos ditos homens civilizados sobre tribos que nunca tiveram contato exterior.
