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Kassim the Dream (2008)

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Tribeca Film Festival 2008 - AFI Fest - Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival - Silverdocs Documentary Festival - Docs DF

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Out of Army

Kassim the Dream (2008)

Dir. Kief Davidson
Music by Jacobo Lieberman, Leonardo Heiblum and Andrés Solís

This is the story of World Champion Boxer, Kassim "The Dream" Ouma - born in Uganda, kidnapped by the rebel army and trained to be a child soldier at the age of 6. When the rebels took over the government, Kassim became an army soldier who was forced to commit many horrific atrocities, making him both a victim and perpetrator. He soon discovered the army’s boxing team and realized the sport was his ticket to freedom. After 12 years of warfare, Kassim defected from Africa and arrived in the United States. Homeless and culture shocked, he quickly rose through the boxing ranks and became Junior Middleweight Champion of the World.

This is the second colaboration with Kief, who codirected The Devil's Miner.
This film posed a similar riddle as Cocalero, and The Devil's Miner: how to make music with a hint from the place without being too obvius.
In this case, the combination of electric guitars with requinto jarocho and banjo, proved to be a perfect choice, marimbas and vibraphone again were also in place, cajon, other percussions and strings.


MUSIC CREDITS

Music
LEO HEIBLUM, JACOBO LIEBERMAN and ANDRES SOLIS

Marimba and vibraphone
ALEXIS RUIZ

Cello
RODRIGO DUARTE

Requinto Jarocho
RAMON GUTIERREZ

Electric and acoustic guitar, banjo and requinto jarocho
JACOBO LIEBERMAN

Programming
ANDRES SOLIS, JACOBO LIEBERMAN and LEONARDO HEIBLUM