Take Me Away Fast Filming Locations
Take Me Away Fast Filming Locations
Benin, a French-speaking West African nation, is a birthplace of the vodun (or “voodoo”) religion and home to the former Dahomey Kingdom from circa 1600–1900. In Abomey, Dahomey's former capital, the Historical Museum occupies two royal palaces with bas-reliefs recounting the kingdom’s past and a throne mounted on human skulls. To the north, Pendjari National Park offers safaris with elephants, hippos and lions.
Nigeria, an African country on the Gulf of Guinea, has many natural landmarks and wildlife reserves. Protected areas such as Cross River National Park and Yankari National Park have waterfalls, dense rainforest, savanna and rare primate habitats. One of the most recognizable sites is Zuma Rock, a 725m-tall monolith outside the capital of Abuja that’s pictured on the national currency.
Take Me Away Fast (2011)
The adventures of Frank Gossner, a DJ from Berlin turned 'Indiana Jones' of record digging, as he journeys throughout West Africa to dig for rare, vinyl recordings of African funk and soul music from the 1970s. Frank's mission is to salvage these recordings before they are burned or lost forever and bring them to new audiences in New York City and Europe.
