Throw Down Your Heart Filming Locations

Throw Down Your Heart filming locations

Where was Throw Down Your Heart filmed? Throw Down Your Heart was filmed in 4 locations across Gambia, Mali, Tanzania and Uganda in the following places:

Throw Down Your Heart Filming Locations

The Gambia is a small West African country, bounded by Senegal, with a narrow Atlantic coastline. It's known for its diverse ecosystems around the central Gambia River. Abundant wildlife in its Kiang West National Park and Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve includes monkeys, leopards, hippos, hyenas and rare birds. The capital, Banjul, and nearby Serrekunda offer access to beaches.

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over 1,241,238 square kilometres.

Tanzania is an East African country known for its vast wilderness areas. They include the plains of Serengeti National Park, a safari mecca populated by the “big five” game (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino), and Kilimanjaro National Park, home to Africa’s highest mountain. Offshore lie the tropical islands of Zanzibar, with Arabic influences, and Mafia, with a marine park home to whale sharks and coral reefs.

Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa whose diverse landscape encompasses the snow-capped Rwenzori Mountains and immense Lake Victoria. Its abundant wildlife includes chimpanzees as well as rare birds. Remote Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a renowned mountain gorilla sanctuary. Murchison Falls National Park in the northwest is known for its 43m-tall waterfall and wildlife such as hippos.

Throw Down Your Heart (2008)
Runtime: 97 minutes
Rating: 7.8
Release year: 2008
IMDB: tt1185405
Plot summary

A film crew follows the well-known banjo player Bela Fleck on his travels to Africa, where he learns about the instrument's origins.

Genres
Documentary
Family
Music
Cast
Bela Fleck
The Jatta Family
Bassékou Kouyaté
Anania Ngoliga
Directors
Sascha Paladino
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Throw Down Your Heart filming locations