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PRODUCTION TEAM
Director :
Jacques Goldstein
Script :
Jacques Goldstein
Photography :
Jacques Goldstein, Philippe Coutant
Editor :
Lo�c Jaspard
Cast :
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FEMI KUTI, WHAT'S GOING ON?
This film offers a portrait of Nigerian musician Femi Kuti and his Afro-beat sound. Femi is the son of Fela Kuti, the "Black President", who created this particular style of music in the 1970s. Father and son have defined an African urban protest music that is contemporary with reggae and hip-hop. Afro-beat is largely the sound of Nigeria, one of the continent's biggest countries in area as well as population, especially that of its capital Lagos, a huge megalopolis in which poverty, wealth and corruption clash daily. Hip-hop, reggae, afro-beat -- three sounds which share the same vehemence, the same frustration: "What's going on?"
Jacques Goldstein
French filmmaker Jacques Goldstein has specialized in documentaries on cities such as New Orleans, Johannesburg and Fez, and in portraits of composers of contemporary music broadcast on the European Muzzik network. Selected filmography: Regards noirs (1995), Un sang d'encre (1996), Auf Bebung (1998), Primo quartetto (1998), Oroc.pat (1998), F�s (1998), Johannesburg (1999), La Nouvelle-Orl�ans (2001).
August 23, 2002 • 13:00:00 • PARISIEN • P3.23.3 •
August 24, 2002 • 17:00:00 • PARISIEN • P3.24.5 •
August 26, 2002 • 13:00:00 • PARISIEN • P3.26.3 •
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