| | | Year Released: |  2014 |
Jan's Rating: Rich's Rating: | 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 | Key Performances: | Fela Kuti
Bill T. Jones
Fela's Family
Fela's Musicians
BW Cast Members
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| Movie Haiku: | Superb doc is anchored by archival footage of Nigerian activist Fela Kuti. His story--told in roughly chronological order from 1938 to 1997--is an archetypal African story: the hero who gives hope to people crushed by oppression & corruption. The frame is a new Broadway production proving that this message--and this music--survive even tho the man himself is gone. |
ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM: |
Women filmmakers? | No |
Jewish content? | No |
Haiku Posted: | 2014 |
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