Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai (2015)

Original title

Akounak tedalat taha tazoughai

Directed by

Christopher Kirkley

Genre

drama film, musical film, romance film

Country

Niger

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Tuareg musician struggles to balance his passion for guitar playing with pressures from his community and family in Niger. The story follows his personal and artistic journey, inspired by real events.

musicalmelancholicslow-burnheartfeltearthyculturally groundedvisually rawdreamlike

What happens

Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai, (English: Rain the Color of Blue with A Little Red In It), is a 2015 Niger drama musical film directed by Christopher Kirkley and co–produced by Sahel Sounds, L'Improbable and Tenere Films. It is the world's first Tuareg-language fiction film. The film is based on the real life incidents of famous musician Mdou Moctar. The film was shot at Agadez, Niger. It received positive reviews and won several awards at international film festivals. It is a homage to Prince’s 1984 rock drama Purple Rain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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