Gypsy Caravan: When the Road Bends

The documentary follows five music groups on a tour of North America. All of them are Romani musicians. Taraf de Haidouks come from Romania. Fanfare Ciocarlia come from there too. Esma Redžepova sings for Macedonia. Maharaja arrive from India. The Antonio El Pipa flamenco company comes from Spain. The tour runs six weeks and the caravan travels together from city to city. The camera films the stage and the backstage alike. The tour series is put together by the World Music Institute. The film then goes to the places they come from, to Romania, Macedonia, Spain and India. The applause of the hall and the ordinary day at home stand side by side. Albert Maysles shot the concert footage. Johnny Depp also speaks in the hundred and ten minute documentary, an American production Jasmine Dellal finished in 2006.