Touba
'Touba' reveals a different face of Islam by chronicling Sufi Muslims' annual pilgrimage to the Senegalese city of Touba. With unprecedented access and dynamic 16mm cinematography, this poetic documentary takes us inside the Mouri...
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"I was excited for the opportunity to attend the world premiere of Touba at the SXSW Film Festival. Touba is a really well-intentioned documentary. The filmmakers want to show us another side of Islam from the violent images normally broadcast in the media. They appear to have spent years filming this pilgrimage to the city of Touba in Senegal. The photography and cinematography are beautiful and the Western viewer gets a picture of a spiritual side of Sufi Islam that is usually absent in the West. Unfortunately, they seemed to fall into some of the stereotypes that they were trying to address..."
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'Touba' reveals a different face of Islam by chronicling Sufi Muslims' annual pilgrimage to the Senegalese city of Touba. With unprecedented access and dynamic 16mm cinematography, this poetic documentary takes us inside the Mouri...