OFFBEAT Film: Musical Brotherhoods
Schedule
Sat May 23 2026 at 04:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC+03:00Location
Calea Plevnei 137C În incinta Iprochim corp B, Et. 1, Cam. 3, 060011 Bucharest, Romania | Bucharest, BU
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OFFBEAT Film: Musical BrotherhoodsFilm Screening
Saturday, May 23, 4-8 PM
Malmaison Open Doors 11
Spațiul OFFBEAT, Floor 1, Room 3
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Musical Brotherhoods from the Trans-Saharan Highway
Documentary, directed by Hisham Mayet, produced by Sublime Frequencies, USA, 2008
56:29', English
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"Filmed in 2005 by Hisham Mayet predominately at the Jemaa Al Fna in Marrakesh Morocco, 'Musical Brotherhoods of the Trans-Saharan Highway' captures an assortment of spectacular musical dramas presented live and unfiltered on the home turf of the world's most dynamic string and drum specialists performing and manifesting the ecstatic truth. Ancient mystical brotherhoods have been flourishing for centuries in and around the cities of Marrakesh and Essaouira in Morocco where the trade caravans have gathered from their long journeys across the Trans-Saharan Highway. This is some of the last great street music on Earth. A must see for string aficionados looking for inspiration as electric ouds, banjos, mandolins and the Gnawa sentir peel flesh from bone right before your eyes!"
www.sublimefrequencies.com
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Hisham Mayet (b. Barbary Coast of North Africa) is a filmmaker, photographer, musical researcher and sound adventurer based in Portland Oregon. Together with Alan Bishop (member of the defunct cult band Sun City Girls), Hisham is co-founder and co-owner of the Sublime Frequencies label, where he has realized various documentary films and music recordings. He has traveled all around the world documenting many obscure scenes, from eastern psyche pop to Sahel post folk, from ancient to more futuristic.
https://electramagazine.fundacaoedp.pt/en/editions/issue-7/week-tangier-hisham-mayet
Sublime Frequencies is a collective dedicated to exposing obscure sounds and sights from global frontiers. Through film, field recordings, and radio, they document music and cultural expressions overlooked by academia and industry, driven by an aesthetic of extra-geography and soulful research.
https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/
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This screening is held exclusively for educational purposes. The film will run in a continuous loop from 4 PM to 8 PM.
This event is conceived by Elena Dobîndă, with the kind permission of Hisham Mayet.
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Credits (film still): 'Musical Brotherhoods from the Trans-Saharan Highway' (SF 2008)
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OFFBEAT is an independent public library focused on electronic, electro-acoustic and experimental music, jazz, sound art, traditional music, film music and all kinds of obscure sounds. A space dedicated to contemporary music, with specialized books and resources in both analog and digital formats, founded by Image and Sound as part of the OFFBEAT cultural programme.
With the support of: Bogdan Scoromide, Micleușanu Mitoș and Cătălin Matei
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OFFBEAT is a dynamic framework for sharing experiences of rare, unconventional and underrated records, as well as the stories behind them.
https://www.instagram.com/spatiul.offbeat/
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Program coordinators: Elena Dobîndă & Emilian Mărgărit
Organiser: Image and Sound
Partners: Goethe Institut Bucharest, MNAC Bucharest, Simultan, Minitremu, Tranzit House, SAC, Atelierele Malmaison
Media partners: Zeppelin Magazine, Revista Arta, IQads, ISCOADA, Radio România Cultural
Cultural programme co-funded by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The programme does not necessarily represent the standpoint of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN cannot be held liable for the content of the programme or the manner in which the outcomes of the programme may be used. These shall devolve entirely on the beneficiary of the financing.
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