Throw Down Your Heart

Name: Throw Down Your Heart
Genre: Music, Family, Documentary
Released: April 24, 2009
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 65

2009

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Argot Pictures | Release Date: April 24, 2009

Summary: Throw Down Your Heart follows American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck on his journey to Africa to explore the little known African roots of the banjo and record an album. It’s a boundary-breaking musical adventure that celebrates the beauty and complexity of Africa – an Africa that is very different from what is often seen in the media today.Throw Down Your Heart follows American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck on his journey to Africa to explore the little known African roots of the banjo and record an album. It’s a boundary-breaking musical adventure that celebrates the beauty and complexity of Africa – an Africa that is very different from what is often seen in the media today. (Argot Pictures)… Expand

Director: Sascha Paladino

Genre(s): Music, Family, Documentary

Runtime: 97 min

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Stan Hall

Meeting at the intersection of cinema, history and ethnomusicology. Read full review

Reyhan Harmanci

Part road trip, part music lesson, follows virtuoso musician Béla Fleck on a trip through Africa to reclaim the banjo's roots. It's an entertaining journey, and director Sascha Paladino injects humor and pathos into the musical sequences. Read full review

Rex Roberts

The saving grace of Throw Down Your Heart is Fleck himself, who transcends the contrived unconventionality of the project to emanate a genuine warmth and camaraderie. This extraordinary performer remains shy, soft-spoken, simpatico and as unpretentious as he is talented. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Sascha Paladino's overlong but engaging doc about banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck's harmonious journey through four African countries. Read full review

Laura Bennett

Through it all, Fleck seems at a loss for words, stumbling through small talk and staring feebly as a Ugandan musician weeps during a song about his dead father. Read full review

Phil Hall

For the most part, Fleck doesn't seem particularly intrigued on finding the banjo’s African heritage – the film offers little in the way of historic value in understanding the origin of the instrument. Read full review

Staff (Not credited)

Fleck fails to provide any personal charisma, although the music is infectious. Read full review

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