MY FRIEND FELA

MEU AMIGO FELA

By Joel Zito ARAÚJO

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Biography - Completed 2019


Festivals
& Awards

Rotterdam IFFR 2019
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Biography, Documentary, Art - Culture
    • Countries
    • BRAZIL, NIGERIA, FRANCE, USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 94 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Joel Zito ARAÚJO
    • Producer(s)
    • Luiza ALMEIDA (Casa de Criação de Cinema)
    • Synopsis
    • My Friend Fela provides a new perspective on the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, unravelled through the eyes of his close friend and official biographer, the African-Cuban Carlos Moore.
      The movie reveals the many influences and forces that shaped Fela’s extraordinary life: from the relationship he had with his mother to his problematic relationships with women, from his ties with his spiritual advisor Professor Hindu to Malcolm X and the Black Panthers.