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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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