
Senegalese pop sensation Youssou Ndour has spent the last 20 years in the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and the iconic representative "voice of Africa." At the height of his career, Youssou became frustrated by the negative perception of his Muslim faith and composed Egypt, a deeply spiritual album dedicated to a more tolerant view of Islam. The album's brave musical message was wholeheartedly embraced by Western audiences but ignited serious religious controversy in... (Full plot summary below)
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Senegalese pop sensation Youssou Ndour has spent the last 20 years in the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and the iconic representative "voice of Africa." At the height of his career, Youssou became frustrated by the negative perception of his Muslim faith and composed Egypt, a deeply spiritual album dedicated to a more tolerant view of Islam. The album's brave musical message was wholeheartedly embraced by Western audiences but ignited serious religious controversy in his homeland of Senegal. The film chronicles the difficult journey Youssou must undertake to assume his true calling.
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| Dallas Morning NewsCary DarlingBe sure to stay through the closing credits as the scenes of Senegalese life act as a captivating coda to a film pulsing with music and memory. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn inspiring and edifying cinematic exploration of the power of music and the soul of a big-hearted African Sufi singer who has used his exceptional talent and creativity to make a better world. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenWe in the West are afforded songs from Africa's most celebrated singer, a man with not only great pipes but with a soulful message of peace and tolerance. |
| AV ClubNathan RabinLove looks and sounds great, but in depicting N’Dour as a lofty symbol for music’s power to bridge worlds and inspire, it sometimes loses sight of the man. |
| Los Angeles TimesAnn PowersBest when exploring the nitty gritty of N'Dour's life as a musician, favorite son and cultural ambassador. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis documentary by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi could have used more music for my taste, and fewer talking heads. But it’s absorbing all the same. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsRob LowmanWhen the music starts playing, it's easy to forgive the film's flaws. |
| New York TimesNathan LeePerhaps because the music is so good, with its purity of tone and dazzling rhythmic precision, the flaws of the surrounding movie become all the more obvious. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerAlthough his movie often resembles the kind of promotional video one might find as an extra on a concert DVD, N'Dour in full throttle is a sight, and sound, to behold. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyDirector Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi's passion for her devout Sufi Muslim subject blinds her to a need for shaping a coherent story in a puffy documentary that goes slack with gooey adulation more often than not. |