Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

(USA, 2008, 102 mins)

35mm

Wisconsin Premiere

cinematographer: Nick Doob, JoJo Pennebaker
cinematographer/co-producer: Scott Duncan, Hugo Berkeley
editors: Jonathan Oppenheim, Fernando Villena
editor consultant/mentor: Craig McKay
original score composers: James Newton Howard, Martin Davich
original score instrumentals: Jean-Philippe Rykiel
executive producer: Edward Tyler Nahem, Patrick Morris, Jennifer Millstone, Jack Turner, Kathryn Tucker, Miklos C. Vasarhelyi
producer: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
co-producer: Sarah Price
production company: 57th & Irving Productions
cast: Youssou Ndour, Fathy Salama, Kabou Gueye, Le Super Etoile de Dakar, The Fathy Salama Cairo Orchestra, Moustapha Mbaye, Peter Gabriel, Neneh Cherry

• IMDB Film Info
• www.ibringwhatilove.com/
• Trailer

Senegalese pop sensation Youssou Ndour has spent the last 20 years in the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and iconic “voice of Africa.” At the height of his career, Youssou became frustrated by the negative perception of his Muslim faith and composed Egypt, a deeply spiritual album dedicated to a more tolerant view of Islam. It was a critical and career-defining moment. Ndour’s brave musical message was wholeheartedly embraced by Western audiences but ignited serious religious controversy in his homeland of Senegal. Combining unprecedented images of Senegal’s most sacred Muslim rituals, vibrant concert performances filmed around the world and intimate access to Ndour and his family, I Bring What I Love chronicles the difficult journey Youssou must undertake to assume his true calling. Youssou Ndour is a voice of hope and tolerance, a modern day moral and political leader whose message transcends music but remains grounded in the universality of faith. Co-produced by Milwaukee filmmaker Sarah Price (American Movie).

Sponsored By:

UW Inside Islam Project

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