''Ayo Joy'' is a 2009

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

produced by the French company

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and directed by Raphaël Duroy about the singer

Ayọ Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin (born 14 September 1980), known professionally as Ayọ, is a German singer, songwriter and actress. She uses the Yoruba translation Ayọ or Ayo. of her first name ''Joy''. Her debut album '' Joyful'', released in 2006, ...

. The 90 minute film, which comes into the cinemas end of 2009 or early 2010, shows her life and the search for her roots during the preparations and execution of her first concert in Nigeria, the birth country of her father.

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MK2 Catalogue: Ayo Joy

The mk2 Cine Wire, Festival de Cannes
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