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Mali Blues is a 2016 documentary film directed by German filmmaker Lutz Gregor. The film documents the lives of four musicians in Mali's capital city, Bamako, following a music ban with the takeover of northern Mali by Islamist groups between 2012 and 2013. The film had its premiere at the 2016 Visions du Réel, the international documentary film festival in Switzerland. Malian musicians Fatoumata Diawara, Ahmed Ag Kaedy, Bassekou Kouyate, and Master Soumy feature.