Those expecting a straight shooting documentary film where concert footage is the predominant characteristic might be terribly disappointed by Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love. I’ve managed to miss the film festival audience award winning doc at last year’s TIFF but from what I gather, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi‘s intimate look at the renowned pop singer from Senegal happens to be a testament to how one person’s faith and artistic output (his Grammy winning 2004 album “Egypt”) manages to be “embraced by Western audiences but ignited serious religious controversy in his homeland”. Shadow Distribution opens the doc in NY on 12th, in LA on July 3rd, to be followed by a national rollout. Check out the trailer at ibringwhatilove.com and here’s a first at the poster below (or click here to download hi res poster)
