After travelling to more than 60 international film festivals, the music documentary will also have its cinema release in the United States, starting on June 30 in New York and continuing in San Fransisco, Chicago and Detroit. MALI BLUES tells the story of four musicians from the West African country of Mali, who espouse with their music a tolerant Islam and a country at peace – Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté, Ahmed Ag Kaedi and Master Soumy. Icarus Films coordinates sales and distribution.