Throw down your heart, director, Sascha Paladino ; producers, Béla Fleck and Sascha Paladino ; The Old School, Ltd
Type
Label
Throw down your heart, director, Sascha Paladino ; producers, Béla Fleck and Sascha Paladino ; The Old School, Ltd
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
Throw down your heart
Oclc number
457224791
Responsibility statement
director, Sascha Paladino ; producers, Béla Fleck and Sascha Paladino ; The Old School, Ltd
Runtime
97
Summary
Multiple Grammy-winner Béla Fleck travels to Uganda, Tanzania, the Gambia, and Mali searching for the roots of the banjo. Part road movie, part historical document, this fascinating film demonstrates the power of music and musicians to reach across cultural boundaries and the limitations of language to create an instant and abiding connection. Whether plaintive or pulsating, the infectious music in Throw Down Your Heart transports viewers into the heart of Fleck's personal journey
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Bela Fleck in Throw down your heartBéla Fleck brings the banjo back to Africa
Subject
- Documentary films
- DVD-Video discs
- Folk music -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Musical instruments -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Musique folklorique -- Afrique subsaharienne
- Instruments de musique -- Afrique subsaharienne
- Nonfiction films
- Fleck, Béla, 1958- -- Voyage -- Afrique noire
- Feature films -- United States
- Banjo -- Afrique subsaharienne
- Feature films
- Documentaires
- Banjo -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Fleck, Béla, 1958- -- Travel -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Documentary
Content
Director
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor5
- Genre5
- Subject15
- Documentary films
- DVD-Video discs
- Folk music -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Musical instruments -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Musique folklorique -- Afrique subsaharienne
- Instruments de musique -- Afrique subsaharienne
- Nonfiction films
- Fleck, Béla, 1958- -- Voyage -- Afrique noire
- Feature films -- United States
- Banjo -- Afrique subsaharienne
- Feature films
- Documentaires
- Banjo -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Fleck, Béla, 1958- -- Travel -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Documentary
- Content1
- Director1
- Producer2
- Mapped to1