Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love

Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
Directed byElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Written byElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Music byJames Newton Howard
Marty Davich
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
1h 42m
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love is a 2008 documentary film directed by filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi that chronicles Senegalese icon Youssou N'Dour as he releases his Grammy Award-winning album Egypt and works to promote a more tolerant view of Islam.[1] The film features musical superstar/activists Bono and Peter Gabriel. The documentary screened at festivals internationally including the Telluride Film Festival[2] and Toronto International Film Festival[3] in 2008, winning numerous audience awards as well the Special Jury Prize at the Middle East International Film Festival[4] in 2008 and a nomination for the Pare Lorentz Award at the International Documentary Association Awards in 2009.[5] The film premiered in New York City as the opening night of Brooklyn Academy of Music's Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas Festival in 2009,[6] and opened in theaters in the US and internationally to much acclaim. The film's soundtrack was released by Nonesuch Records[7] in 2010.

  1. ^ Nonesuch Records
  2. ^ Telluride Film Festival Archived October 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Toronto International Film Festival
  4. ^ Middle East International Film Festival
  5. ^ International Documentary Association Awards 2009 Archived June 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Brooklyn Academy of Music Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Nonesuch Records