Dambé: The Mali Project (2008)

Cast

Liam Ó Maonlaí

The story

The film follows musicians Liam Ó Maonlaí (The Hothouse Flowers) and Paddy Keenan (Uilleann pipes player from The Bothy Band, who was raised in the traveller community) on a journey covering thousands of miles from Bamako in the south to Timbuktu, from where they enter the Sahara. Their journey takes them along the river Niger, stopping in villages and river towns such as Mopti and Djenné, playing instruments such as the harp, bodhrán, whistles and Uilleann pipes with local musicians including Afel Bocoum, Toumani Diabaté, Tinariwen, and Tartit. The film highlights the many similarities between Malian and Irish music, including circular…

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