Paul Simon's Graceland

"An illumination of Graceland, Paul Simon's celebrated and controversial album of 1986, made in collaboration with American and Black South African musicians against the violent backdrop of apartheid. The album was explosive on the international stage: since its release, it has been highly celebrated and deeply controversial. The reasons for this remain relevant today, pertaining to questions of cultural exchange and appropriation, politics and aesthetics, race and representation, oppression and humanity. The album fundamentally relied on collaboration with American and Black South African musicians of diverse creative backgrounds. From Soweto township jive and mbaqanga to zydeco and Chicano rock, an eclectic palette of sounds and voices saturate Graceland"--