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American banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck travels to Africa to explore the little-known roots of the instrument and record an album. His journey takes him through Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia and Mali, where he transcends the barriers of language and culture through a shared passion for music.
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‘The banjo has been associated for so long with a white Southern stereotype,’’ says Béla Fleck, an American virtuoso of the instrument with 11 Grammys under his belt. And so, in the documentary “Throw Down Your Heart,’’ Fleck sets out to upend racial paradigms and unearth the African roots of his chosen instrument on a trek through Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia, and Mali. (Full review)