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My Friend Fela

director: Joel Zito Araújo

original title: Meu amigo Fela

country: Brazil

year: 2019

running time: 94 min.

synopsis

An energetic documentary that presents the story of a unique musical rebel who represented the essential opposition element in Nigeria, yet still managed to define the explosive afrobeat style. The film avoids the myths, preferring to let witnesses tell a more realistic story. Fela Kuti, whose importance for the entire Pan-African generation is indisputable, is presented in more detail and more vividly than ever before.

biography

Joel Zito Araújo (1954) focuses primarily on the subject of interpersonal relationships in Brazilian society. His film Denying Brazil (2000) earned him an award for best documentary film at the São Paulo documentary film festival.

more about film

director:	Joel Zito Araújo
producer:	Luiza Botelho Almeida
photography:	Cleumo Segond
editing:	Isabel Mattos Castro
music:	Fela Kuti
sound:	Waldir Xavier

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