A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, interwoven with extended scenes of the development of the New York musical Fela! and interviews with its director Bill T. Jones.[4]
Receptionedit
Finding Fela received mixed reviews from critics. Geoffrey Berkshire of Variety, said in his review: "This watchable but rather rote chronicle fails to find a compelling perspective on Kuti's significant life and legacy."[5] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter praised the film by describing it as "An absorbing if not quite definitive patchwork of the life and legacy of an unorthodox artist."[6]
finding, fela, 2014, american, documentary, film, directed, alex, gibney, portraying, analysing, life, nigerian, musician, fela, kuti, film, world, premiere, 2014, sundance, film, festival, january, 2014, promotional, release, posterdirected, byalex, gibneypro. Finding Fela is a 2014 American documentary film directed by Alex Gibney portraying and analysing the life of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti 1 The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17 2014 2 3 Finding FelaPromotional release posterDirected byAlex GibneyProduced byAlex Gibney Jack GulickProductioncompaniesJigsaw Productions OkayafricaRelease dateJanuary 17 2014 2014 01 17 Sundance Film Festival Running time120 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Reception 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksSynopsis editA look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti interwoven with extended scenes of the development of the New York musical Fela and interviews with its director Bill T Jones 4 Reception editFinding Fela received mixed reviews from critics Geoffrey Berkshire of Variety said in his review This watchable but rather rote chronicle fails to find a compelling perspective on Kuti s significant life and legacy 5 David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter praised the film by describing it as An absorbing if not quite definitive patchwork of the life and legacy of an unorthodox artist 6 Extracts from the film featured in the 2015 British Library exhibition West Africa Word Symbol Song 7 8 See also editList of films at the 2014 Sundance Film FestivalReferences edit Katie Van Syckle January 24 2014 Finding Fela Brings Afrobeat to Sundance Rolling Stone Retrieved January 18 2014 Sundance 2014 Documentary Premieres IndieWire January 10 2014 Retrieved January 18 2014 Finding Fela listing at Sundance Film Festival 2014 Ashley Clark The art of reckoning Alex Gibney on Finding Fela BFI 18 November 2016 Geoff Berkshire February 12 2014 Film Review Finding Fela Variety Retrieved April 14 2014 David Rooney January 29 2014 Finding Fela Sundance Review The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved April 14 2014 West Africa Word Symbol Song Wall Street International 15 October 2015 West Africa Word Symbol Song Sound and vision blog British Library 26 October 2015 External links editFinding Fela at IMDb nbsp Finding Fela at Rotten Tomatoes Official website nbsp This article about a music related documentary film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Finding Fela amp oldid 1180022314, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
