Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai / Rain the Color Blue With a Little Red in It

Film selection of the 27th Cascade Festival of African Films

Portland director Christopher Kirkley and Nigerien musician Mdou Moctar collaborated to create this delightful Nigerien homage to Prince’s Purple Rain. Akounak also has the honor of being the first narrative feature film in the Tuareg language. Set in the rock-guitar scene in Agadez, Niger, it tells the universal story of one musician’s struggle to make it against all odds.
(Niger)