Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love

Part of 2009 Spring Season and Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas

Sat, Jun 6 at 8pm

As part of Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas, BAM presents the New York premiere of Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love, followed by a one-hour concert by N'Dour and his band.

Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love is a remarkable film portrait of the legendary artist and humanitarian and the making of his Grammy Award-winning album Egypt. An extraordinary testament to his Muslim faith and an impassioned plea for a more tolerant view of Islam, the film profiles N'Dour with candid insight while providing a timely look at the complex place of music in Islam. This film received the Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Middle East International Film Festival.


BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
$20, 30, 40


Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
NY Premiere!
Egypt/France/Senegal/US
A film by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
2008, 102min
In Arabic, English, French, and Wolof with English subtitles

New York Magazine profile on filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
"Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi was 24 when her first film won Best Documentary at Tribeca. She spent the next five years following Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour." More

About Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
Check out the official homepage of the film. More