Blitz Bazawule

Blitz Bazawule

Nacimiento : 1982-04-19, Accra, Ghana

Historia

Blitz Bazawule is a filmmaker and musician born in Accra, Ghana and based in Brooklyn, New York. Blitz's short films Native Sun (2012) and Diasporadical Trilogìa (2016) have premiered at BAM New Voices in Black Cinema. His debut feature film The Burial of Kojo was released in 2018, later released on Netflix via Ava DuVernay's ARRAY distribution company. Bazawule wrote, directed, co-edited and co-prouced the film, as well as providing the soundtrack. As a musician and band leader, Bazawule has released 4 studio albums under the name Blitz the Ambassador - Stereotype (2009), Native Sun (2011), Afropolitan Dreams (2014) and Diasporadical (2016) as well as the soundtrack album to The Burial of Kojo (2019) - and has performed at music festivals such as Roskilde (Denmark), Solidays (France), Mawazine (Morocco) and Sauti za Busara (Zanzibar). Blitz is a 2016 TED Fellow and recipient of the Vilcek Prize.

Perfil

Blitz Bazawule

Películas

El color púrpura
Executive Music Producer
Adaptación musical de la novela de Alice Walker sobre las luchas de toda la vida de una mujer afroamericana que vive en el sur a principios del siglo XX.
El color púrpura
Director
Adaptación musical de la novela de Alice Walker sobre las luchas de toda la vida de una mujer afroamericana que vive en el sur a principios del siglo XX.
Black Is King
Director
Este álbum visual de Beyoncé reinventa las lecciones de "El Rey León" (2019) para los jóvenes reyes y reinas de hoy que buscan sus propias coronas.
The Burial of Kojo
Casting
Un hombre está atrapado en el pozo de una mina por su vengativo hermano mientras su hija se embarca en un viaje mágico para rescatarlo.
The Burial of Kojo
Editor
Un hombre está atrapado en el pozo de una mina por su vengativo hermano mientras su hija se embarca en un viaje mágico para rescatarlo.
The Burial of Kojo
Music
Un hombre está atrapado en el pozo de una mina por su vengativo hermano mientras su hija se embarca en un viaje mágico para rescatarlo.
The Burial of Kojo
Producer
Un hombre está atrapado en el pozo de una mina por su vengativo hermano mientras su hija se embarca en un viaje mágico para rescatarlo.
The Burial of Kojo
Writer
Un hombre está atrapado en el pozo de una mina por su vengativo hermano mientras su hija se embarca en un viaje mágico para rescatarlo.
The Burial of Kojo
Director
Un hombre está atrapado en el pozo de una mina por su vengativo hermano mientras su hija se embarca en un viaje mágico para rescatarlo.
Diasporadical Trilogia
Executive Producer
Diasporadical Trilogìa follows the story of a woman who mysteriously lived on three different continents at the same time. Through a magical realism lens, she shares her memories of growing up as a little girl in Brooklyn, a young lady in Accra and a middle aged woman in Bahia, while struggling with love, immigration and gentrification.
Diasporadical Trilogia
Music
Diasporadical Trilogìa follows the story of a woman who mysteriously lived on three different continents at the same time. Through a magical realism lens, she shares her memories of growing up as a little girl in Brooklyn, a young lady in Accra and a middle aged woman in Bahia, while struggling with love, immigration and gentrification.
Diasporadical Trilogia
Writer
Diasporadical Trilogìa follows the story of a woman who mysteriously lived on three different continents at the same time. Through a magical realism lens, she shares her memories of growing up as a little girl in Brooklyn, a young lady in Accra and a middle aged woman in Bahia, while struggling with love, immigration and gentrification.
Diasporadical Trilogia
Director
Diasporadical Trilogìa follows the story of a woman who mysteriously lived on three different continents at the same time. Through a magical realism lens, she shares her memories of growing up as a little girl in Brooklyn, a young lady in Accra and a middle aged woman in Bahia, while struggling with love, immigration and gentrification.
Native Sun
The Photographer (as Blitz the Ambassador)
Mumin, a precocious young boy, makes the long trip to Accra from his home in Ghana’s rural northern region. He leaves having just experienced his mothers death, her last words to him a directive to travel to Accra and find the father he has never met. Along the journey he experiences Ghana as only a child can and in so doing expands our view of what the country is and what it will be.
Native Sun
Producer
Mumin, a precocious young boy, makes the long trip to Accra from his home in Ghana’s rural northern region. He leaves having just experienced his mothers death, her last words to him a directive to travel to Accra and find the father he has never met. Along the journey he experiences Ghana as only a child can and in so doing expands our view of what the country is and what it will be.
Native Sun
Music
Mumin, a precocious young boy, makes the long trip to Accra from his home in Ghana’s rural northern region. He leaves having just experienced his mothers death, her last words to him a directive to travel to Accra and find the father he has never met. Along the journey he experiences Ghana as only a child can and in so doing expands our view of what the country is and what it will be.
Native Sun
Director
Mumin, a precocious young boy, makes the long trip to Accra from his home in Ghana’s rural northern region. He leaves having just experienced his mothers death, her last words to him a directive to travel to Accra and find the father he has never met. Along the journey he experiences Ghana as only a child can and in so doing expands our view of what the country is and what it will be.