WOMAD

The Speakeasy: African Music Film Night

20:00 23rd July on the The Speakeasy

8.00pm - Film
Toumast: Guitars And Kalashnikov

(2010, 88mins Dir: Dominique Margot)
A gripping and troubling insight into the continuing struggle of the Touareg people of the Southern Sahara for political and cultural freedom, through the eyes and ears of the group Tamast.

9.30pm - In Conversation
Moussa Ag Keyna from Toumast

A revealing talk with the ex-Touareg rebel and founder of the group Toumast.

10.00pm - Film
Benda Bililil trailer

(2010, c. 10mins. Dir: Florent de la Tullaye & Reynaud Barret).
An exclusive sneak preview of the hottest African music film of the moment - a portrait of the incomparable Staff Benda Bilili from Kinshasa which won Best Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival and is due to go on general release in the UK later this year.

10.15pm - In Conversation
Ricky Likabu and Theo Coude from Staff Benda Bilili

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Hear about their extraordinary journey from sleeping rough on the streets of Kinshasa to being hailed as the hottest ticket in African music.

10.45 - 12.30am - Film
Jupiter's Dance

(2006, 104 mins. Dir: Florent de la Tullaye & Reynaud Barret).
Musician and street philosopher Jupiter Bokondji takes you on an unforgettable musical tour of the neightbourhoods of Kinshasa.