Original title: Under African Skies - Graceland 25th Anniversary Film
Year: 2011/2012
Genre: rock, folk rock, documentary, biography, history, music
Director: Joe Berlinger
Cast and Crew: Paul Simon, David Byrne, Whoopi Goldberg, Quincy Jones, Hugh Masekela, Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Okeyerama Asante, Lorne Michaels, Harry Belafonte, Tony Cedras, Roy Halee, Vusi Khumalo, Bakithi Kumalo and others

• In 1986, Graceland sold 14 million copies worldwide and garnered both the Album and Song of the Year Grammy in 1987. Simon and the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo performed on Saturday Night Live and appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone. It generated three hit singles and it kept Paul Simon and the Graceland tour on the road for five years. Its music was heard across the globe. Today, its music and its reputation still reach generations of music enthusiasts yet so many are unaware of how pivotal that one album was during the 1980s, how it helped birth the idea of World Music and revived the career of one of America s most important songwriters. How it influenced the political progress of South Africa a country divided by institutionalized racism, causing and then transcending years of controversy. How in fact the album came to be in the first place.
• Under African Skies (Directed by Joe Berlinger, award-winning director) captures Paul Simon's return to South Africa in 2011 to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime. Features film bonus footage.

Setlist:

01: How we begin to remember
02: Comparing notes
03: A chance in a million
04: I know what i know
05: A different perspective
06: He is my brother
07: Roy Halee goes to work
08: London Sessions
09: Do you think people are foing to like this?
10: Immediate praise?
11: Setting a tone of hope
12: Zimbabwe
13: The roots of the rhythm remain

Bonus:

• Whoopi Goldberg (HD; 5:39)
• Harry Belafonte (HD; 3:43)
• Ray Phiri (HD; 2:54)
• Barney Rachabane (HD; 2:14)
• Hugh Masakela (HD; 6:55)

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Production: Sony Music
Runtime: 01:41:26