Blitz Bazawule

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Blitz Bazawule

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(Alter 44)
Geburtsort
Accra, Ghana
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9 Titel

Biografie

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.

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Schauspielerische Mitwirkung 5

JahrTitelRolle
2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter TV Self (1 Ep.)
2023 Oprah & The Color Purple Journey Film Self
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show TV Self (1 Ep.)
2011 Native Sun Film The Photographer (as Blitz the Ambassador)
1996 The Daily Show TV Self (1 Ep.)

Filmstab 5

JahrTitelTätigkeit
2023 Die Farbe Lila Film Executive Music Producer, Director
2020 Black Is King Film Director
2018 The Burial of Kojo Film Director, Writer, Producer, Music, Editor, Casting
2016 Diasporadical Trilogìa Film Director, Writer, Music, Executive Producer
2011 Native Sun Film Director, Music, Producer
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