Directing
Community Rating
6.2
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Born
April 19, 1982 (age 44)
Born in
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.
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2023
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Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
2023
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The Color Purple
as Executive Music Producer, Director
2023
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
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Black Is King
as Director
2020
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The Burial of Kojo
as Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Casting, Music
2018
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Diasporadical Trilogia
as Executive Producer, Writer, Music, Director
2016
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Native Sun
as The Photographer (as Blitz the Ambassador), Director, Producer, Music
2011
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The Daily Show
as Self
1996
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