Africa The Beat

Africa The Beat was filmed in Nzali an enclave situated in the heart of Tanzania where the Wagogo live Theirs is a unique musical universe From the films first frame to the last sound heard each image takes us further into their daily reality while their music gradually engulfs us in a world of surprising sensations Day and night the passage of time and the seasons nature and the elements water the importance of the word and the stories the stages of lifeall of this emerges from a pulsation around which every instant of existence is articulated Filmed with rudimentary technical means Africa The Beat conjoins the perspective of a painter the vision of a filmmaker and the sensibilities of two musicians It does away with the concept of the voiceover which conditions and invades the spectators senses Instead the film permits the spectator to experience his or her own emotions and bear witness to the essential place music occupies in life