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Great movie❣️ Thanks for share, Tommaso Massarelli.

Amazing journey!

Fantastic documenyary. Word Music Bela & African songs is wonderfull 🙏🏽

Abonné!!!

Anyone who enjoyed this should please also check Indus Blues

I'm an African Dancer and musician. Brought here in a very mystical way. I've picked cotton for an African UMDUNDUM SAMBCREEKIAL SENEGAL WEST AFRICA. I PLAY BUT TALKING DRUM IS MY GIG. I'VE HAD VERY STONEY VISIONS IN THE CASAMANCE. I REALL ENJOY YOUR MOVIE THANKS. SAKOR MY BROTHER IN DAKAR. WE'VE PLAYED AND DANCED ON GOREE My mouth waters seeing the beautiful food.

So beautifully done and with much respect! Salut!

So getting nagged by your wife for playing an instrument in a universal experience?

This is historically important. Absolute beauty.

Seems like they found his playing more amusing than anything else.

Blending in!? If he had traveled with Rhiannon Giddens or some African American musicians, that would have said a lot about him being an inclusive, not just representing himself. Still what he did is good.

“I don’t think I’m going to be able to blend in.” 😂😂 Indeed, he doesn’t… but he DOES.

African Americans made the banjo what it is and southern white Americans learned from the African American community. It was brought with the African American connection from West Africa and cultivated in our hands which shaped Country and Blues. Bringing the instruments “back to Africa” is an ironic way to frame this when Africans who further innovated their culture in America from indigenous African roots were gaslighted by white Americans which projected a white image onto African American cultural customs such as the Banjo. More education here: ruclips.net/video/wrRfOzhM2AE/видео.html ruclips.net/video/3mc6qp3rTOU/видео.html

I'm not even sure how I'd react if i saw Bela Fleck just sitting at the airport pluckin around 😮

This piece of musik is so wonderful ❤

Maravilloso film visual, musical, historia , soy fan de Bela Fleck , gracias Tommaso por compartir esto tan hermoso, abrazos desde Tulum, Q, Roo, Mexico.

This movie has awesome handshakes

This is absolutely amazing and heart-felt. I have been brought to tears...in a good way. Thank you to all who made this possible. I'm amazed! And happy. 😊

This is beautiful! I never realized that the banjo orginated in Africa. Thank you for this documentary.

BRAVO!!!! Wonderfulness in the human experience.

Throw down you heart, you will never go home. So poignant.

Love the Afro sound- the poly rhythms, the imperfect pitches, the call- response. Lovely sentiments about village life and music.

Just landed on the documentary after watching Rick Beato's video and someone in the comments section recommending it; he actually starts right here in Uganda. I had no idea he was here! I first knew about him when I was watching Victor Wooten live videos in the early 2000's! Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤

Does anyone knows the song title of 1:35:20 ?

Many thanks for posting this one. Production lacks ala Stewart Copland's one a few years before, but I guess that is life. So many talented singers it's a shame.

Pure music. I just love this movie.

is this school appropriate? would love to show this to my middle school students

This film was beautiful! Thank you Africa and all of your people! And thank you Béla for bringing banjo back to its roots!

What a fantastic movie! Why had I never heard of this when I like his music so much? It only came up on my feed today. Just saw Bela & friends last week. Had no idea he'd worked on anything like this. A universal language. At least we have the one that all can relate to. That thumb piano section is sheer magic. Thank you for the wonderful upload ♥

It's a beautiful movie....thank you Bela Fleck......thank you wonderful Ugandan, Tanzanian, and Malian musicians....I will share this with others.

HOW CAN I SPONSOR A BANJO TO AN AFRICAN in need ?? I just bought my first banjo and I am here for it! Thanks Bela and all for bringing us this musical postcard from Africa.

This was when bela fleck was in his prime. He's lazy nowadays to watch live

The first guy made me laugh telling us how he spends all his time playing music and hanging out with his kids and I’m thinking what a great life. Then he goes home and gets it from the wife. Probably supposed to be somewhere else doing something else. Or didn’t tell her he was bringing people home. Back to reality 😂

Love the song at 19:00.

such a beautiful documentary and album. To me, is not the bringing different people together, but finding that the commonalities are greater than the differences.

A beautiful, inspiring documentary. One of my all time favourites ♥

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The words of his song make me cry spontaneously too for my gone father, 'though I believe he's watching. over. Our tears is our missing them.

The Super Rail Band! Yes indeed!

It would've been cooler if Belas wife went too. Her playing would've felt much more evocative of the African sound of the instrument

It's amazing how close the pieces he did in Gambia and Mali were to high lonesome bluegrass. The melodies and style of singing is almost identical to traditional bluegrass. Outside of some minor stylistic differences, IT'S THE SAME MUSIC!! Across an ocean and two completely different groups of people but the music is the same. Blows my mind.

I can’t put my finger on exactly what makes this so powerful. The raw beauty of shared connection through music that spans all humanity is cathartic.

anybody know if theres a recording of the song that starts at 15:20?

Where it was BORN, from a turtle & a stick... The best sound to play is the banjo man ...... Love you boy's, and learnt this FACT👍💪💯🙏🗣️🎬😍🇬🇧🙏👁️☠️👁️🆘🇬🇧 How many ways you can make a sound & a SMILE✌️

I dont understand why thumb piano is male only? I would think anybody should play whatever instrument they love?

I was there

Dear Béla, thank you for this movie. Watched it immediately after listening to your conversation with Victor Wooten about his book, The Spirit of Music. Itˋs very rare here in Europe, to meet people who are able to make music like that. One day, I wish to find them

This is such a great film. Experiencing how music unites us all regardless of geographical boundaries is very inspiring. Bela is so genuine regardless of where or whom he is around. The talent shown by all these people from the four African countries is eye-opening. I love all variety of music! Music seems to permeate in every minute of the lives of the people in Africa.

Thanks Bela...AND for surrounding yourself with the worlds best musicians.