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SummaryShot by legendary cinematographer Albert Maysles, this dynamic musical documentary follows five Gypsy bands from four countries who unite for the Gypsy Caravan as they take their show around North America for a six-week tour, astounding every audience they meet. Their musical styles range from flamenco to brass band, Romanian violin to Indian fol... Read More

Directed By:Jasmine Dellal

When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan

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Metascore
Generally Favorable
73
85% Positive
11 Reviews
15% Mixed
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Salon
I was thrilled and transported by it. It's a two-hour movie, and I'm only sorry it isn't two or three times as long.
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Entertainment Weekly
An irresistibly vibrant concert-tour documentary.
80
Village Voice
More than a vibrant experiment in ethnomusical cross-pollination, it's just great fun.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Sounds great and if nothing else should help diminish the stereotype, blasted by the film's subjects, of Gypsies as little more than pickpockets whom travelers need to be wary of.
70
Washington Post
Viewers are urged to grab an aisle seat, the better to dance when the music moves them -- as it surely will.
63
Chicago Tribune
As is, it's worth seeing, but you may get frustrated at the way Dellal raises provocative questions about ancestry and prejudice, only to lose them in the shuffle of so many mini-portraits of musicians, getting to know each other and each other's foreign yet familiar musical language, on a long 16-city tour.
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