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Birth Of Afrobeat

  • Birth Of Afrobeat [Naissance de l'afrobeat]
Genre : Drama
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned :
United States
Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2019
Format : Short
Running time : 7 (in minutes)

Through live-action and traditional animation, the film captures legendary drummer Tony Allen, revealing how he and his partner Fela Kuti created Africa's most popular music genre-Afrobeat.


Birth of Afrobeat [Teaser] from Stellar Creative on Vimeo.




Producers Opiyo Okeyo, David Glines, Eric Trosset
Director of Photography Michael Gabriele
Sound Matt Giordano
Editor Opiyo Okeyo
Music by Tony Allen
Artists Involved Chicago Afrobeat Project
Film Contact Rest in Beats.


Documentary by d'Opiyo Okeyo selected for WOMEX 2020.

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Womex 2020 : au-delà du documentaire musical

Partenaires

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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