Throw Down Your Heart in Tucson
Throw Down Your Heart, the documentary film on B?©la Fleck’s journey of discovery to Africa to explore the banjo’s roots, is set to screen on Thursday (10/9) at the Tucson Film & Music Festival.
The film was directed by B?©la’s brother, Sasha Paladino, and has already won awards from Silverdocs and SXSW in 2008.
It follows B?©la through Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia, and Mali, and depicts how music can overcome barriers of language and culture.
Here is a trailer that has been posted on YouTube.
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Cross-genre and cross-cultural banjo icon B?©la Fleck journeyed through several African nations last...
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