Considered one of the
greatest musicians to ever come out of Africa, Fela released 24 music albums
during his lifetime and was a thorn in the flesh of military dictatorship and
post-colonial imperialism. Watch more video when you continue......
Narrated by actor, Sahr
Ngaujah who played Fela in the Broadway Musical and featuring an excerpt from
the documentary Music Is The Weapon.
Slices of Fela is sliced
into four parts.
2. ‘Finding Fela!’
Alex Gibney‘s Finding Fela
(2014) is a sweeping portrait of the artist as guerilla warrior.
Set to the insistent groove
of Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti’s revolutionary Afrobeat sound, the remarkable
story of one man’s courageous stand against a corrupt and dictatorial
government gives testament to the transformative power of music as a force of
social and political unification.
3. ‘Fela Kuti: Teacher
Don’t Teach Me Nonsense’
A rarely seen documentary,
mixing candid interviews of Fela Kuti with selected live segments from his
stirring performances, this feature serves as an important guide for anyone
yearning to learn more about a transformative artist in the history of and
development of African music.
It is directed by Dennis
Marks.
4. ‘Fela Kuti – Music Is
The Weapon’
Shot in Lagos at the peak
of his career in 1982, this documentary contains interviews with Fela detailing
his thoughts on politics, Pan-Africanism, his music and much more.
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