Nass El Ghiwane, Trances: A concert filmTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON

A concert film unlike any other, Trances presents extraordinary footage of Nass El Ghiwane,
known as the Rolling Stones of Africa, whose legendary performances combined
music, poetry, and theater. “We eavesdrop on the group, whose troubadour style has
won them a large and rapturous following in their home country of Morocco. The debt
owed to the musical traditions of their faith and land is freely acknowledged, and vividly
brought to mind by the trance-like state their compelling, percussive music induces in
their fans.” — Time Out London
“Nass El Ghiwane was singing their nation, their people—their beliefs, their sufferings,
their prayers.”— filmmaker Martin Scorsese
Special thanks to Nellie Killian and Florence Almozini (BAM Cinemathek), Doug Liable
(World Cinema Foundation), and Carmen Accaputo (Cineteca di Bologna).