Documentary Hack
Finding FelaBy Alex Gibney

In a Nutshell

Director Alex Gibney's 2014 documentary Finding Fela tells the story of the revolutionary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti.

Favorite Quote

I want to present myself as an African. I want you to look at me as something new that you do not have any knowledge about. Because most, 99.9%, of the information you get about Africa is wrong.

Fela Kuti

Introduction

How does the music of the politically radical Nigerian artist Fela Kuti speak to audiences today?

In Finding Fela, director Alex Gibney looks back at the legacy of Fela Kuti and how this original artist challenged political institutions and status quo thinking.

Through interviews with musicians, friends, and family members, Gibney reconstructs Fela's story in parallel with songs performed by the cast of the musical Fela!

The Fela! musical came to Broadway in 2009, and in 2011, it was performed at the New Afrika Shrine in Nigeria to honor Fela's legacy.

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