Mighty Uke

Mighty Uke The Amazing Comeback of a Musical Underdog released 2010 is a documentary film about the ukulele. It combines graphics, photographs, interviews and performance footage to tell the story of the ukulele and its recent resurgence in popularity.

Mighty Uke opens with Jake Shimabukuro talking about his journey with the ukulele and then describes the current revival, in which young musicians, middle aged amateurs and school kids alike are all turning to the uke. It tracks the revival around the world, through Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Canada and the US, where ukulele groups 2000strong meet in parks, thousands gather for ukefests and children play their first music on the ukulele.Among the stories is one about the Ukuleles for Peace, an initiative to teach the ukulele to Arab and Israeli children together. As film critic Leonard Maltin says, When you see Arab and Israeli children singing and playing a tune called Ukuleles for Peace I dare you not to smile. ........

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