ECOLE FULA FLUTE

By Rich McKeown

This short film is about Quebecois musician Sylvain Leroux and his work with the "street kids" of the Guinean school Centre Tyabala de Guinea. This tiny school is dedicated to teaching children whose parents are too poor to pay for tuition a variety of traditional instruments, theater, along with a basic education. Sylvain has introduced the Fula Flute to the curriculum. This is their story.