Chai Vasarhelyi.(Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love)(Interview)(Brief article)

Byline: AS TOLD TO JANE HERMAN editor: Sally Singer

This filmmaker has mastered a look for every locationfrom African deserts to international film festivals.

When I met Youssou, the subject of my documentary Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love, he gave me a recording of his album Egypt, which is a stunning celebration of his Islamic faith. I had planned to report on how the West would receive Ndour's work, but then the album was denounced in his home country of Senegal, so the film takes this very personal turn. In Africa, when I was with Ndour, I'd dress in traditional Senegalese boubous. Also, in Dakar I met Claire Kane, a French designer who lives there. She made me many gorgeous dresses and tunics. I've been traveling so much while shooting this filmfrom Gambia to Ireland to Singapore! It's important that I look ...