Blitz Bazawule Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Blitz Bazawule

Blitz Bazawule

Directing

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 (France), Mawazine (Morocco) and Sauti za Busara (Zanzibar). Blitz is a 2016 TED Fellow and recipient of the Vilcek Prize.

Filmography Movies

Production

Native Sun movie poster
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Native Sun

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Native Sun
Producer
Native Sun movie poster
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Native Sun

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Native Sun
Director
Native Sun movie poster
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Native Sun

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Native Sun
Music
The Color Purple movie poster
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The Color Purple

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The Color Purple
Executive Music Producer
Diasporadical Trilogia movie poster
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Diasporadical Trilogia

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Diasporadical Trilogia
Director
Diasporadical Trilogia movie poster
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Diasporadical Trilogia

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Diasporadical Trilogia
Executive Producer
Diasporadical Trilogia movie poster
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Diasporadical Trilogia

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Diasporadical Trilogia
Music
Diasporadical Trilogia movie poster
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Diasporadical Trilogia

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Diasporadical Trilogia
Writer
The Burial of Kojo movie poster
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The Burial of Kojo

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The Burial of Kojo
Director
The Burial of Kojo movie poster
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The Burial of Kojo

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The Burial of Kojo
Music

Gallery

Blitz Bazawule portrait