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Looking for reviews of films directed by Blitz Bazawule? Cinafilm has a total of 117 reviews across 1 movies directed by Blitz Bazawule.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 75%.
Black Is King is Blitz Bazawule's highest rated movie, with a score of 75% based on 117 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Blitz Bazawule is Black Is King, with a score of 75% based on 117 reviews.
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.
Blitz Bazawule has directed films starring Lupita Nyong'o, Jay-Z, Kelly Rowland and Beyoncé.
Blitz Bazawule has collaborated with these film directors: Beyoncé, Jenn Nkiru, Dikayl Rimmasch and Ibra Ake.
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