Section: Long Documentary
Country: Senegal | USA
Production Year: 2013
Runtime: 82 Minutes
Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Cinematographer: Scott Duncan
Editor: Eric Hendricks
Music Composer: Jean-Philippe Rykiel
Print Source: samantha.m.knowles@gmail.com
Synopsis: Touba reveals a different face of Islam, one which is so essential to these divisive times. The film chronicles the annual Grand Magaal pilgrimage of one million Sufi Muslims to the holy Senegalese city of Touba. This dynamic and immersive observational film takes us inside the Mouride Brotherhood--one of West Africa’s most elusive organizations and one of the world’s largest Sufi communities. The pilgrims travel from all over the world to pay homage to the life and teachings of Cheikh Amadou Bamba.
