Press

“An incandescent film about a divinely intoxicated spirit.”

-Jonathan Cott, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone

“Palmer’s haunting film retraces the steps of her father, music critic Robert Palmer, on a momentous journey to Morocco, where he discovered the Master Musicians of Jajouka, a brotherhood whose music had drawn a cult following in the West…the film has a combination of personal history and glorious music that is deeply compelling.”

-Bilge Ebiri. New York Magazine

“Succeeds in shedding kaleidoscopic light on both the man and the music.”

-Ben Greenman, in The New Yorker

“Augusta Palmer’s quest for her father’s legacy, and mystery, opens out into a far-off world of sound and spirit, carrying memory, surprise, joy, and enlightenment. Tracing the journey of the late Robert Palmer, extraordinary musician and critic, The Hand of Fatima leads us to experience the remarkable Master Musicians of Jajouka in Morocco, along with the cultural moment of a generation ago, when Palmer, with the Rolling Stones, Ornette Coleman, and William Burroughs, discovered the presentness and timelessness of their art.”

-Robert Sklar, Contributing Editor, Cineaste Magazine