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Throw Down Your Heart
97 minutes a73 2008 a73 USA/Gambia/Mali/Senegal/Tanzania/Uganda a73 In
Competition
Thursday 12:20p
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Friday 6:20p
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Monday 12:20p
Director: Sascha Paladino a73 Producers: Béla Fleck, Sascha Paladino a73 Cinematographer:
Kirsten Johnson a73 Editor: Joe Bini a73 Music/Composer/Principal Cast: Béla Fleck a73
throwdownyourheart.com
Banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck is the superstar of the instrument in
jazz, bluegrass, classical and more. Here he journeys to explore
the little known African roots of the instrument and record an
album. Brought to the U.S. by West African slaves, the banjo
leads him to Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia, and Mali, and results
in a boundary-breaking musical adventure exploring this
largely unknown piece of history.
The beauty and complexity of Africa unfold as he forges both
musical and personal connections, using the banjo to transcend
barriers of language and culture. A Grammy-winning trailblazer
known for his musical explorations, Fleck is the perfect guide:
finding common ground with musicians from very different
backgrounds while creating the most meaningful music of his
career. Directed by Sascha Paladino, Béla Fleck’s brother.
[subtitles]
Sascha Paladino
Director’s Statement
Throw Down Your Heart grew out of Béla
Fleck’s passion for the banjo, but it turned
into something more. As we traveled
through Africa, we encountered such
wonderful people who opened up to us
through their music. It quickly became clear that the heart of
the film was not only in Béla’s journey, but even more in the
many stories of what it means to be a musician, an artist, today
in Africa.
I hope that the intertwining threads of these stories and Béla’s
cultural exchange shed light on the beautiful corners of the
world that we were lucky enough to experience, and that the
film puts the audience right in the middle of our musical
adventure.
Filmography: Obstinato: Making Music for Two, Party For the People, The Subway Line
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