Electrical rites in Guinea Conakry
Director Julien Raout
Countries France
Duration 52 min
Synopsis
« When you came in Guinea to produce a music documentary you mentioned a village ritual driven by electric guitars ... » The quest of the Electric Rite will take us on a journey from the capital Conakry, where the big bands of Independence (Bembeya Jazz, the Amazons ...) are still active, to the villages of Upper Guinea, where griots and sorcerers-fetishists have swapped their traditional instruments for distorted electric guitars. From bush electrical rituals to major music venues in the capital or more intimate music on the village square, this documentary celebrates the guinean cultural diversity and tells the story of guinean crush on an instrument brought by colons: the electric guitar.
« When you came in Guinea to produce a music documentary you mentioned a village ritual driven by electric guitars ... » The quest of the Electric Rite will take us on a journey from the capital Conakry, where the big bands of Independence (Bembeya Jazz, the Amazons ...) are still active, to the villages of Upper Guinea, where griots and sorcerers-fetishists have swapped their traditional instruments for distorted electric guitars. From bush electrical rituals to major music venues in the capital or more intimate music on the village square, this documentary celebrates the guinean cultural diversity and tells the story of guinean crush on an instrument brought by colons: the electric guitar.