Finding Fela!
USA2014documentary119'Dźwięki muzyki (2022)
"Finding Fela" tells the story of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s life, his music, his social and political importance. He created a new musical movement, Afrobeat, using that forum to express his revolutionary political opinions against the dictatorial Nigerian government of the 1970s and 1980s. His influence helped bring a change towards democracy in Nigeria and promoted Pan Africanist politics to the world. The power and potency of Fela’s message is completely current today and is expressed in the political movements of oppressed people, embracing Fela’s music and message in their struggle for freedom. Finding Fela was directed by the Academy Award winning director, Alex Gibney.
- directed by
- Alex Gibney
One of the most eminent American film makers. He has won numerous awards, which include an Oscar for the documentary Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), three Emmy Awards and the Peabody Award for Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012), an Emmy Award for The History of the Eagles (2013) as well as Grammy Awards, the American Screenwriters Association awards and many other. His latest work, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015), was screened at Sundance this year and his documentary about Frank Sinatra will soon premiere on HBO.
- cinematography
- Maryse Alberti
- music
- Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
- editing
- Lindy Jankura
- production
- Alex Gibney (Jigsaw Productions), Jack Gulick, (Knitting Factory Entertainment), (okayplayer), (okayafrica)
- Photo
