Directed by
MARIA LUISA GAMBALE
GLORIA BREMER
Executive Producer
STEVEN LAWRENCE
Produced by
MARIA LUISA GAMBALE
STEVEN LAWRENCE
Co-Producer
LUKAS MAY
Edited by
GLORIA BREMER
Directors of Photography
MARIA LUISA GAMBALE
LUKAS MAY
Additional Dakar footage filmed by
JOSHUA ATESH LITLE
Original music by
GARY MEISTER
for Naturalistic Music & Sound
Additional music courtesy of
NORA BALABAN & FUZZ FACTOR
TOSTAN FIELD FOOTAGE courtesy of
Worldwide Documentaries, Inc.
ADDITIONAL CASAMANCE FOOTAGE courtesy of
R4C (Respect Productions)
BERLIN CONCERT 2nd CAMERA FOOTAGE
Anna Pesavento
ADDITIONAL BERLIN FOOTAGE
Barbara Rühl
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Gabriella Kessler
Michal Shapiro
PRODUCTION COORDINATORS
Souleymane Kane
Katharina Lobeck Kane
INTERPRETERS
Josephine Diallo
Aisha Fukushima
Souleymane Kane
PRODUCTION SOUND
Demba Thiam
Franziska Kunze
Manuel Wilhelm
CONCERT SOUND
Bachir Diakho
Mouhamed Khadra
FILM SOUND MIX
Michael Jones and Alistair Sim
for Jones Audio
COLOR GRADING
Ben Watts
for Contact DI & Post
GRAPHICS
Matt DeVries
Nancy Paladino and Artichoke Productions
Maureen McGowan
ONLINE CONVERSIONS & CONFORM
Chase Voorhees
DIGITAL COMPOSITOR
Jonathan Podwil
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Sarah Silver
Gabriella Kessler
John Northrup
Franziska Kunze
TRANSLATORS
Aissatou Badiene Sambou
Astou Barro
Christina Bertazzo
Famara Djiba
Ousmane Keita
Gabriella Kessler
Sarah Silver
POST-PRODUCTION INTERNS
Nadia Garbosky
Jordan Hall
INTERVIEWS (in order of appearance)
Ibrahima Diop Diaw
Malal Ndiaye
MF Kera
Molly Melching
Ibrahima Diatta
Fatou Mane
Oumy Sagna
Mamadou Mody Ba Nixon, aka Badj
SISTER FA’S BAND:
Fatou Mandiang Diatta – Vocals
Sebastián Konkol – Guitar
Sebastian Strahl – Keyboards
Philip Schmitt – Drums
René Flächsenhaar – Bass
Lydia Schulz – Backing Vocals
Maria Helmin– Backing Vocals (Germany only)
APPEARANCE BY
Marieme Sall
“Bou Souba Si Ngone”
Artist: Sister Fa
From the album: “Sarabah”
Courtesy of Piranha Records
“Hip Hop Yaw La Fal”
Artist: Sister Fa
From the album: “Sarabah”
Courtesy of Piranha Records
“Dinée”
Artist: Sister Fa
Courtesy of Sister Fa
“Assoukatene”
Artist: Sister Fa
From the album: “Sarabah”
Courtesy of Piranha Records
“Milyamba”
Artist: Sister Fa
From the album: “Sarabah”
Courtesy of Piranha Records
“Welcome to the World”
Artist: Nora Balaban
From the album: “Fuzz Factor”
Courtesy of Nora Balaban
“Hip Hop Rek”
Artist: Sister Fa
From the album: “Sarabah”
Courtesy of Piranha Records
“What Are We Waiting For?”
Artist: Sister Fa
Courtesy of Sister Fa
“Emigration”
Artist: Sister Fa
Courtesy of Sister Fa
“L’excision”
Artist: Sister Fa
Courtesy of Sister Fa
“Selebou Yoon”
Artist: Sister Fa
From the album: “Sarabah”
Courtesy of Piranha Records
“Life Am”
Artist: Sister Fa
From the album: “Sarabah”
Courtesy of Piranha Records
“Scary Forest”
Artist: Nora Balaban
From the album: “Fuzz Factor”
Courtesy of Nora Balaban
“Niko”
Artist: Sister Fa
Courtesy of Sister Fa
“Faster Than a Speeding Bullet”
Artist: Nora Balaban
From the album: “Fuzz Factor”
Courtesy of Nora Balaban
“Sarabah”
Artist: Sister Fa
From the album: “Sarabah”
Courtesy of Piranha Records
MUSIC VIDEOS in order of appearance
“Milyamba” (Senegal)
Directed by Lukas May
Courtesy of Sister Fa
“Hip Hop Yaw La Fal”
Courtesy of Sister Fa
“Milyamba” (Germany)
Directed by Philipp Pflüger
Courtesy of Piranha Records
Sarabah is a co-production of:
Link TV and Yerosha Productions, Inc.
For Link TV:
Lorraine Hess
Jennifer Kirby
Kim Spencer