GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS' MUSIC Trailer v5 - www.africanfamily.org

NEW "chapterized" DVD feature-length version with 84 chapters now available!

Filmed over a period of two decades, Great Great Great Grandparents' Music presents an intimate portrait of the remarkable Koné family, three generations of jeli —West African musicians-singers-dancers and carriers of collective knowledge and culture. The film focuses on this ancient system of cultural transmission through sharing, respect and humor.

Go to http://www.africanfamily.org where you can Purchase Now! the new chapterized version of the 105-minute feature documentary film — with 84 chapters!

16mm. Color. 105 minutes. Available on DVD and VHS.

Children learn music, song, oral history, hair braiding, the construction of musical instruments, the origin of music and braiding, and the philosophy of life, passed down from their parents, grandparents and ancestors. Filmed in the capital city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Five languages (Jula, Bamana, Bwamu, Moore & French) are spoken in the film, subtitled in English or French.