Biography
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 (), Mawazine (Morocco) and Sauti za Busara (Zanzibar). Blitz is a 2016 TED Fellow and recipient of the Vilcek Prize.
Filmography
all 10
Movies 7
self 4
TV Shows 3
Director 3
Producer 1
The Color Purple (2023)
Black Is King (2020)
The Burial of Kojo (2018)
Diasporadical Trilogia (2016)
Native Sun (2011)
Bronx Princess (2008)
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1982-04-19 (43 years old)
Birth Name
Samuel Bazawule
Birth Place
Accra, Ghana
Citizenships
Ghana
Also Known As
Blitz the Ambassador, Sam Blitz Bazawule, Samuel Bazawule
Awards
Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise, Guggenheim Fellowship
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