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Title:
Dissonance and harmony [DVD video] : Arabic music goes West
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Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, c2008.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9780793670079
Abstract:
Follows a group of musicians from the Middle East as they travel to the United States to work with American musicians, form bonds, entertain people, and discuss how the political situations in their countries have direct effects on their music, careers, and beliefs. Features Egyptian pop star Saad El Soghayar, Jordanian composer and devout Muslim Tareq Al Nassar, Lebanese hip-hop artist Wael Kodeih (a.k.a. Rayess Bek), Lebanese activist Tania Saleh, and Ilham Al Madfai, an Iraqi guitarist who was the first to play traditional Iraqi folk music on Western instruments.
General Note:
Title from disc surface.

Stereo.; anamorphic widescreen format; dual-layer.

Special feature: additional performances from the Roxy Hollywood concert.
Contents:
Breaking down barriers -- Speaking for the people of Cairo -- Building bridges from Jordan -- East collaborates with West -- Meeting halfway -- Finding common ground.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
Closed-captioned.
Added Uniform Title:
America at a crossroads (Television program)
Audience:
Not rated.
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