Fela Kuti Finding Fela

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item number:  3FECG
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DVD Details

  • Run Time: 2 hours
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: January 13, 2015
  • Originally Released: 2014
  • Label: Kino Lorber

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The captivating and meticulous new film by Alex Gibney is both a standard biography and a making-of movie, blending concert and interview footage of Fela, as he was universally known, with scenes from rehearsals and performances of FELA!.
Washington Post
Aug 7, 2014
3 stars out of 5 -- [Kuti's] electrifying life and times are explored here by documentary-maker Alex Gibney.
Total Film
Sep 1, 2014
The heart of Gibney's film portrays the extraordinary micro-society in Fela's Lagos compound…
Sight and Sound
Sep 1, 2014
3 stars out of 4 -- In his dynamic and revealing documentary FINDING FELA!, director Alex Gibney captures the many sides of Afrobeat king Fela Kuti…
Chicago Sun-Times
Sep 11, 2014

Product Description:

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney turns his attention to the life and career of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, one of the first world-music superstars, who used his art in order to protest the harmful leadership controlling Nigeria. In FINDING FELA!, Gibney explains how the musician's message reached around the globe, and how he has stood as an example to artists working in other dictatorships.

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  • UPC: 738329156022
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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