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Mali Blues (2016/Icarus DVD)



Picture: C Sound: C Extras: D Film: C+



Africa has been know to be the birth place of Blues music since the transatlantic slave trade that carried them over to American slave fields, but what is Blues music and African culture today? Musicians and artist today are still be threatened by Islamic fundamentalists, their music banned and threats on their lives have forced them to flee their homeland in Lutz Gregor's drama Mali Blues (2016).


African culture has been ripped up, torn up, rebuilt and redone countless times by foreign/European countries. Time and time again, they find their culture threatened not only by Western influence but also by fascist regimes and zealots within their own culture. Throughout history, musicians and artists have used music and song to not only express their joys and sorrows, but to tell their stories of political/social oppression ...and will continue to do so at the risk of their lives.


This was basically a documentary of African music, the music was much like a fusion of Blues, rap and folk music. While Blues may had origins in African culture, it has already been heavily influenced by Western and modern music. Throughout the 3rd-world countries, Africans have used music to express their hopes and dreams to be free from oppression and to have control of their own futures and their own country someday. The only reason why any music is banned is due to a limited and small (political) minds ...and like all losers in history, fascism and their ideas will be forgotten in time, while the music will live on forever.


The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image and lossy Dolby Digital sound are passable, but a bit lite alone and in combination, though we expect a Blu-ray would play better. There are sadly no extras.



- Ricky Chiang


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