Wednesday 22 October 2014

“Finding Fela” premieres across Nigeria



 
Fela

As this year’s Felabration, the annual celebration of Afrobeat maestro, Late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, which provides an opportunity for sober reflection on the life and time of the legend as well what his music stand for reaches its peak this weekend, ‘Finding Fela’, a movie which tells the story of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s life, music, political and social importance hits cinemas across Nigeria on Friday, October 17, 2014.
 The movie, which was premiered at the New Afrika Shrine last Sunday, was shot in black and white and colour formats.
It uses footages from Fela’s life and times and reveals interviews from Fela’s family members and cronies such as: Femi Kuti, Yeni Kuti, Seun Kuti and Queen Kewe Anikulapo-Kuti, Bill T. Jones, Jim Lewis Rikki Stein and Lemi Ghariokwu.
Daily Newswatch learnt that Finding Fela is distributed in Nigeria and Ghana by Silverbird Film Distribution W/Africa Limited.
In “Finding Fela” Academy Award winner, Alex Gibney, narrates a biography of Afrobeat maestro, social critic, political activist and champion of the underprivileged, Fela.
Born October 15, 1938, the multi-talented Nigerian musician used his music, Afrobeat – a fusion of jazz rock and tradition music to entertain and enlighten the masses concerning different issues. He died on August 2, 1997.


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