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.
Credits
Newest first
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporteras Self2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journeyas Self2023
The Color PurpleExecutive Music Producer2023- The Color PurpleDirector2023
The Jennifer Hudson Showas Self2022
Black Is KingDirector2020
The Burial of KojoDirector2018- The Burial of KojoProducer2018
- The Burial of KojoWriter2018
- The Burial of KojoEditor2018
- The Burial of KojoCasting2018
- The Burial of KojoMusic2018
Diasporadical TrilogiaExecutive Producer2016- Diasporadical TrilogiaWriter2016
- Diasporadical TrilogiaMusic2016
- Diasporadical TrilogiaDirector2016
Native Sunas The Photographer (as Blitz the Ambassador)2011- Native SunDirector2011
- Native SunProducer2011
- Native SunMusic2011
The Daily Showas Self1996