Gnaoua music and tradition was a source of inspiration to various musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana or Led Zeppelin as well as to the writers of the beat generation and to Jazz icons like Archie Shepp, Randy Weston or Peter Brötzmann. For the first time a real traditional night long Gnaoua Sufi Ritual (Lila) was allowed to be captured on video.
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.
To win the celebrity and self-made wealth he craves, an aimless, twenty-something Manhattan playboy devises a film based on his party-boy, club-going lifestyle, and hires a self-destructive aspiring playwright to ghost the feature script.
A young aspiring rock guitarist is forced to become the musical director of the local marching band when his father is hit by a bus just four weeks before a major competition.
