Director: Joe Berlinger
USA, South Africa;
English with Turkish subtitles, 108', 2012, color
In Paul
Simon's legendary album Graceland, you can easily feel the interactions
from Simon's elapse time in South Africa and the discoveries he did there.
Under African Skies, which documents Simon's comeback to South Africa
to celebrate Graceland's 25th anniversary, is not only about
the Paul Simon gig in the country. It also includes some worthy footage from old
archives as well as the political backdrop in South Africa from the time the
album was recorded.
1638, the year Louis XIV was born –his second name, Dieudonné, alluding to his God-given status– saw the diffusion of a cult of maternity encouraged by the very devout Anne of Austria, in thanks for the miracle by which she had given birth to an heir to the French throne. Simon François de Tours (1606-1671) painted the Queen in the guise of the Virgin Mary, and the young Louis XIV as the infant Jesus, in the allegorical portrait now in the Bishop’s Palace at Sens.
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