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Features not one word of comment from its subject, but it does offer plenty of musical numbers and an impressionistic portrait of his life and times. Jul 6, 2004
Features not one word of comment from its subject, but it does offer plenty of musical numbers and an impressionistic portrait of his life and times.
Frank Scheck
Enjoyable if only to hear KarKar perform his mournful and personal songs, including a tender tribute to his late wife. Jun 4, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/4
Enjoyable if only to hear KarKar perform his mournful and personal songs, including a tender tribute to his late wife.
V.A. Musetto
Jacques Sarasin's documentary blends the history of post-colonial Mali with the life of one of its most popular musicians, the guitarist and singer Boubacar KarKar Traor. Jun 3, 2004 | Rating: 3/5
Jacques Sarasin's documentary blends the history of post-colonial Mali with the life of one of its most popular musicians, the guitarist and singer Boubacar KarKar Traor.
Dave Kehr
A musical biopic conceived as a lyric dreamscape, as a meditation on fate and faith. Jun 3, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/4
A musical biopic conceived as a lyric dreamscape, as a meditation on fate and faith.
Gene Seymour
One of those sanctifying docs that rambles when it should explore. Jun 2, 2004 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
One of those sanctifying docs that rambles when it should explore.
Owen Gleiberman
The reverent pacing lags a bit, but the film's meditation on the struggle to find spirituality that reconciles Islam with tribal belief systems is powerful in its understatement. Jun 1, 2004 | Full Review…
The reverent pacing lags a bit, but the film's meditation on the struggle to find spirituality that reconciles Islam with tribal belief systems is powerful in its understatement.
Laura Sinagra
A gentle portrait of a musician whose music provides a bridge from Africa to America. Aug 8, 2004 | Full Review…
A gentle portrait of a musician whose music provides a bridge from Africa to America.
Maria Garcia
Though Traoré never talks directly on camera, he speaks volumes through numerous bluesy tunes he performs for the film. Jun 11, 2004 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Though Traoré never talks directly on camera, he speaks volumes through numerous bluesy tunes he performs for the film.
E! Staff
KarKar's performance is intimate, the film is not. Jun 4, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
KarKar's performance is intimate, the film is not.
Kent Turner
This graceful portrait of the great Malian singer and guitarist Boubacar Traore is also as a fascinating snapshot of Mali in the decades following the west African nation's independence from France in 1960. Jun 4, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
This graceful portrait of the great Malian singer and guitarist Boubacar Traore is also as a fascinating snapshot of Mali in the decades following the west African nation's independence from France in 1960.
Ken Fox
The final product feels frustratingly incomplete. Jun 4, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
The final product feels frustratingly incomplete.
Jordan Reed
Meandering and disappointing. Jun 2, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/5
Meandering and disappointing.
Phil Hall
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