‘A country that doesn’t honour its past can’t forge its future. We Africans must know our roots and where we are going from here.’ Joe Magotsi

‘Jazz is the fountainhead of contemporary black experience. It has that entrepreneur spirit. When you play, you take a chance.’ Abdullah Ibrahim

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Returning from exile, Joe Mogotsi of the legendary Manhattan Brothers, takes us on a cinematic journey into the virtuosity, exuberance and resistance of South African jazz. Joe reconnects with jazz greats, Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim as he seeks justice, recognition and recompense for the Manhattan Brothers’ extraordinary catalogue of music.