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THE LAST BALAFON MASTER

Short - Documentary, A 2022

with Mamadou Diabaté

Mamadou Diabate is one of the last balafon players from Burkina Faso trying to keep his culture alive in today's fast paced day and age.

ADDITIONAL APPEARANCES:  Sadama Diabate, Mariam D. Diabate Diallo, Yacouba Konate, Botschafter Dieudonné, Katrin Rohde, amm.

Direction & Production - Götz Raimund & Katharina Rusch

Cinematography - Manon Pichon

Original Music - Mamadou Diabaté & Percussion Mania

Color correction - Daniel Hollerweger & Andreas Daxer

Sound - Octavio Varela Martinez

Thanks to - Laura E. MacPherson, Sabrina Worsch, Michael Kölblinger, Fania Live, Nathalie Jacob, Carmen Rosenkranz 

Premiered at the 10th Chelsea Film Festival!

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