Mind, Hands, Work
Fidel Sambou is a sculptor and player of a three-stringed musical instrument called ekonting in the Casamance region of Senegal. In this film, he builds an ekonting in a new way and discusses the inspiration for his innovations.
This film is part of the shorts collection Crafted Sound: On instrument-making, sonic heritage, and changing musical cultures (94mins), which also includes the films Goong: Sound Through Fire, by Maria Mendonça, and The Musical Valley: Otavalo Indigenous Musicians at the Crossroads of Transnational Circulations, by Jérémie Voirol.