Banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck travels through four countries in Africa where his instrument originally came from to find local musicians to play and record with. Good music and a nice peek into the real life of various Africans from different tribes and social strata, who use the wonderful effect of music and dance in their daily lives.
Marred by that modern plague of zoom pans, extreme close-ups and rapid fire editing. Exactly what are they trying to do with this nonsense? Create interest? If they think the topic is so intrinsically uninteresting why film it in the first place? It was so irritating that after a while I had to stop watching and just listened to the soundtrack in the distance.
Too bad...this was a nice project. Am I the only one who feels this way?
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