Blitz Bazawule
출생 : 1982-04-19, Accra, Ghana
약력
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.
Executive Music Producer
브로드웨이 뮤지컬 '컬러 퍼플'을 영화화한 작품. 1985년작 '칼라 퍼플'과 마찬가지로 앨리스 워커의 동명의 소설이 원작이다. 1985년 영화에 소피아 역으로 출연한 오프라 윈프리와 제작진이었던 스티븐 스필버그, 퀸시 존스가 프로듀서로 참여했다. 연출은 블랙 이즈 킹의 공동 감독 블리츠 바자울레가 맡았다.
Director
브로드웨이 뮤지컬 '컬러 퍼플'을 영화화한 작품. 1985년작 '칼라 퍼플'과 마찬가지로 앨리스 워커의 동명의 소설이 원작이다. 1985년 영화에 소피아 역으로 출연한 오프라 윈프리와 제작진이었던 스티븐 스필버그, 퀸시 존스가 프로듀서로 참여했다. 연출은 블랙 이즈 킹의 공동 감독 블리츠 바자울레가 맡았다.
Director
비욘세가 각자의 왕관을 찾는 이 시대의 젊은 왕과 왕비에게 ‘The Lion King’의 교훈을 재해석한 비주얼 앨범을 선사한다. 사랑과 배신을 통해 자아를 찾는 젊은 왕의 위대한 여정은 세대를 잇는 흑인 가족의 항해 또한 명예롭게 한다.
Casting
A man is trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother while his daughter embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.
Editor
A man is trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother while his daughter embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.
Music
A man is trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother while his daughter embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.
Producer
A man is trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother while his daughter embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.
Writer
A man is trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother while his daughter embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.
Director
A man is trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother while his daughter embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
