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2/16 7p TOUMAST: Guitars and Kalashnikovs
Toumast: Guitars and Kalashnikovs
Dominique Margot, 2009, 88 min, Switzerland
2/12 230p, 2/16 7p
Since the de-colonization of Africa, the Tuaregs, a nomadic people of the Sahara Desert, have seen their communities ravaged and are now scattered among several countries and across artificial borders. Some have decided to take up arms and fight the oppression from the central governments among them Moussa Ag Keina, leader of the music group Toumast. But Moussa, after witnessing bloodshed and non-respected peace agreements, eventually chose to fight with a new weapon, music, as a means to express his people's misery a people who have managed to develop a thoroughly contemporary culture that includes electric guitars.
We follow Moussa, as this documentary takes us on a journey through the central Sahara, from the fighters in the Aïr Mountain in Niger, to the Malian city of Kidal where we find the female music group, Tilwat. Women are equal to men in the Tuareg society, and as a member of Toumast asserts, Tuareg music cannot be done without women. This is a documentary not to be missed both to revel in the beauty of the Tuareg music, and to appreciate life in the Saharan region.
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LocationRoxie Theater
3117 16th St
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
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