Blitz Bazawule
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Blitz Bazawule is a working director who belongs to the crew side of the business rather than the cast. The credit list stands at 5 titles. 'The Color Purple' is where the largest audience encountered this work. Among the rest of the credits, 'Black Is King' stands out.
Blitz Bazawule
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Blitz Bazawule is a working director who belongs to the crew side of the business rather than the cast. The credit list stands at 5 titles. 'The Color Purple' is where the largest audience encountered this work. Among the rest of the credits, 'Black Is King' stands out.
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How old is Blitz Bazawule and where are they from?
Blitz Bazawule is 44 years old, born on April 19, 1982 in Accra, Ghana.
What are the most famous roles of Blitz Bazawule?
Blitz Bazawule is best known for directing The Color Purple, Black Is King, The Burial of Kojo.
How many movies has Blitz Bazawule directed?
Over a 15-year career (since 2011), Blitz Bazawule has directed or written 5 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was Blitz Bazawule's first movie?
The career of Blitz Bazawule began with Native Sun (2011).
What is Blitz Bazawule's most recent movie or series?
Blitz Bazawule's most recent release is The Color Purple, which premiered on December 25, 2023.
Blitz Bazawule
1982-04-19 · Accra, Ghana
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.