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Blitz Bazawule

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.


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Born:
Apr 19, 1982 In Accra, Ghana
Movie/TV Credits:
5
First Appeared:
In the series The Daily Show 1996-07-22
Latest Project:
Series Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter 2023-12-31
Known For
Poster of Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Poster of Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Poster of The Jennifer Hudson Show
Poster of Native Sun
Filmography
Movie Oprah & The Color Purple Journey Self 2023-12-28
Series Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2023-12-31
Series The Jennifer Hudson Show Self 2022-09-12
Movie Native Sun The Photographer (as Blitz the Ambassador) 2011-05-01
Series The Daily Show Self 1996-07-22