Blitz the Ambassador

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Blitz the Ambassador

Samuel Bazawule (akpa 19 ụgbọ 1982), onye ama ama dị ka Blitz Bazawule na Blitz onye ọnọdụ anya, bụ onye na-ese ihe nkiri Ghana, onye ode akwụkwọ, onye na-ese ihe, onye rapper, onye na-agụ abụ,  na onye na-edekọ ihe. [1] [2]

[3]Ọ bụrụ ọrụ ya na-afọ 2000, na- dike ọba studio aanọ ma na-enye ya ihe nrite Vilcek maka nkwa okike na egwu ọgbara ọhụrụ.  Blitz mere m mbụ mbụ dị ka onye na- maka ihe nkiri na The Burial of Kojo (2018), wee na-ahụ ihe nkiri egwu Black Is King (2020) n'ụdị Beyoncé, na-anata nhọpụta mbụ Grammy Award .  Ọ duziri ihe nkiri nkiri egwu The Color Purple (2023).  [1] [2] Na 2024 Ụdị dị iche iche depụtara ya dị ka otu n'ime "ndị nduzi 10 ga-ekiri maka 2024".

Ndụ mbido

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Samuel Bazawule egwuregwu na Accra, Ghana, na 19 1982. Ọ bụ nwa nke atọ n'ime ụmụ anọ wee gaa ụlọ akwụkwọ Achimota .  Mgbe ọ nọ n'akwụkwọ, ọ chị nri nrite maka ihe osise anya ya, ma emesịa ìgwè inwe na egwu hip-hop mgbe ọ nụrụ nwanne ya nwoke nkata ya na-egwu album Onye iro Ọha Ọ na-ewe Mba nke Ọtụtụ ugboro.  nde mmadụ ijide anyị azụ .  N'ịtụka n'ịhụnanya o nwere maka ihe mere eme na nleba anya n'ọha mmadụ, Bazawule ọrịa ime achọpụta na ide abụ ndị nwere ihe mere eme bụ ndị o ji onye ama n na akwụkwọ akwụkwọ. [4]

Ọrụ

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Blitz the Ambadassor na 2014

Mgbe ọ ọmụmụ akwụkwọ na Achimota School na 2000, Bazawule bụ onye Ghanaian Ace na-ahụ Hammer nke echiche ikpeazụ.  A gwara Blitz ka ọ bịa na studio n'echi ya mgbe ọ masịrị Hammer na nkà ya.  O de njikere na egwu "Deeba" wee nweta ihe nrite maka onye nka kacha mma na 2000 Ghana Music Awards.  [1] Na 2001, Blitz kwagara United States ka akwụkwọ akwụkwọ na Kent State University dị na Ohio, ebe ọ akwụkwọ akwụkwọ na nzere bachelọ na ịzụ ahịa.  [2] N'afọ ndị ahụ, ọ bụ n'ọtụtụ ihe nkiri ndụ na oghere maka ndị rapper dị ka Rakim .  [3] Na 2004 o akara ya album Soul Rebel, n'okpuru moniker Blitz [5]

Mgbe ọ akwụkwọ akwụkwọ, Blitz kwagara New York City.  N'ebe ahụ, o dekọrọ ọba ọzọ, Double Consciousness (2005), [1] na nso nso a ọkụ Stereotype .  Album ahụ na-esite na n'ụdị egwu ya dị iche iche.  Iji nweta dị ndụ ọ na-achọ, o hiwere otu egwu, The Embassy Ensemble, wee ndị nka djembe nke ya.  [2] O hibere akara, Embassy MVMT, ma jiji ya na atumatu obodo Roots Okayplayer .

N'ọgwụ 2009, a mgbaàmà Blitz onye ụdị anya dị ka otu "50 Emerging Artists" nke akwụkwọ Beyond Race .  [1] Na 2015, Blitz ihe nrite Vilcek maka nkwa okike na egwu ọgbara ọhụrụ.  [2] [3] N'afọ 2011, o Ada "Feelin' High" na onye ọbẹ abụ French Ben Mazue, na 2012, ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri French C2C taịn ya na album Tetra .  Blitz na Prọfesọ ALI na-arụkọ ọrụ ugboro ugboro na-egosi na "Ihe Fall Apart" yana Raekwon na 2011, [4] na remix "Things Still Fall Apart" na 2012, na na egwu ya "The Mic Shall Keta nwere" mmetụta  .  album "XFactor" na 2015. [5] [6] Na 2016 o edi album studio ya pụta Diasporadical na ihe nkiri dị isi Diasporadical Trilogia, triptych na ndị nduzi na Accra, New York City na Salvador, Bahia [6]

 
Blitz The Ambassador na 2019

Na 2018, Blitz duziri ma dee ihe nkiri mbụ bụ The Burial of Kojo, bụ nke nke ndị na-eme ihe nkiri Ama K. Abebrese, Joseph Otsiman, Joyce Anima Misa Amoah na Cynthia Dankwa.  [1] [2] Ava DuVernay ihe nkiri a na-eme ihe nkiri nọọrọ onwe ya Array maka ihe nkiri na fim Netflix, wee malite ya na mmemme ihe nkiri 2018 Urban World na New York.  [3] Ọ natara nhọpụta akwụkwọ na 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards, na-emeri maka ihe nkiri nkiri nke mbụ site n'aka onye nduzi, wee nweta ihe nrite Grand Nile na Luxor African Film Festival .

N'afọ 2019, Blitz bụ otu n'ime ndị ntụzịaka akarara na album visual Beyoncé The Lion King: The Gift and na ihe nkiri egwu Walt Disney Pictures àmà Black Is King, [1] [2] nke ịcha ya maka Kasị Mma.  Ihe nkiri egwu na 63rd Grammy Awards kwa afọ .  [3] Blitz gbara egwu na 2019 Whitney Biennial nke Rujeko Hockley na Jane Panetta chepụtara.  [4] Blitz bụkwa 2019 Senior TED (ogbako) Fellow, [5] wee guzobe Africa Film Society, otu lekwasịrị anya na ichekwa ihe nkiri Africa ama ama.  Ọ bụ onye nnata nke otu n'ime ndị mmekọ Guggenheim maka ụgbọ mmiri nke Ghana [7] [8] [9] [10]

Na 2020, a mara ọkwa na Bazawule atọrọ ka ọ na-eduzi The Color Purple, ihe nkiri ihe nke akwụkwọ Alice Walker nke otu aha na Broadway musical nke Oprah Winfrey akwụkwọ.  [1] Winfrey n'onwe ya ihe nkiri ahụ na Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders na Steven Spielberg.  [2] Ihe nkiri a bụ Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo na Danielle Brooks.  E mmekọrịta ya na United States na 25 Disemba 2023 site na Warner Bros. Pictures .  [3] [1] [4] Ihe nkiri ahụ ike ya nhọpụta maka ihe ngosi ihe nkiri Critics' Choice Movie maka ihe osise kacha mma na onyunyo Black Reel maka onye isi sere .

Akwụkwọ mbụ Bazawule, The sent of Burnt Flowers, ka ebipụtara na June 28, 2022. [1] Na 17 Maachị 2022, a mara ọkwa na FX ga-ahụ miniseries nke isii dabere na akwụkwọ ahụ, yana Bazawule na-eduzi ma na-  ọgwụgwọ yana Yahya Abdul-Mateen II .  [2] na Black Samruai [11]

Albums Studio

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  • 2009: stereotype
  • 2011: Obodo Sun
  • 2014: Afropolitan Dreams
  • 2016: Diasporadical

Albums egwu egwu

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  • 2019: Olili ozu nke Kojo
  • 2004: Mkpụrụ obi nnupụisi
  • 2005: Amamihe ugboro abụọ
  • 2009: StereoLive
  • 2013: Ọkụ na-ekpo ọkụ

Ihe nkiri eji eme ihe

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  • 2018: Olili ozu nke Kojo [12] [13]
  • 2020: Black Bụ Eze [14]
  • 2023: Agba Purple

Ihe nkiri dị mkpirikpi

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  • 2011: Obodo Sun
  • 2016: Diasporadical Trilogia

Igwe onyonyo

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  • TBA: Isi nke Okooko osisi [15]
  • Blitz Bazawule na nso nso a nwere mpụta mbụ TV directorial na ihe nkiri aha ya bụ Cherish the Day ka a ga-ebido n'afọ na-abịa na OWN ma na-ede ihe ngosi ya ugbu a.

Ihe nrite na nhọpụta

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Year Award Category Work Result Templeeti:Tooltip
2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards Best First Feature Film by a Director The Burial of Kojo Merie [16]
Luxor African Film Festival Grand Nile Prize (Long Narrative) Merie [17]
2021 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special Black is King Ahọpụtara [18]
Grammy Awards Best Music Film Ahọpụtara [19]
Black Reel Awards Outstanding Television Documentary or Special Ahọpụtara [20]
2024 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Picture The Color Purple Ahọpụtara [21]
Astra Film Awards Best Picture Ahọpụtara .
Black Reel Awards Outstanding Director Ahọpụtara [21]
Houston Film Critics Society Awards Best Picture Ahọpụtara [22]
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture) Merie [23]

Ntụaka

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  1. Sam Blitz Bazawule. IMDb. Retrieved on 26 December 2018.
  2. Editorial (4 March 2019). Whitney Biennial. Two Coats of Paint.
  3. Vary (January 4, 2024). Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch for 2024: Blitz Bazawule, Cord Jefferson and Anna Kendrick Among Noteworthy Helmers (en). Variety. Retrieved on January 8, 2024.
  4. About Blitz The Ambassador. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved on 22 February 2010.
  5. Interview: Blitz the Ambassador, 2008. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved on 22 February 2010.
  6. Itzkoff. "Blitz Bazawule Is Building Bridges Between Worlds", The New York Times, June 26, 2022. Retrieved on September 24, 2023.
  7. 'The Burial Of Kojo' Makes History As Ghana's First Golden Globes Entry (en-US). Essence. Retrieved on 13 February 2020.
  8. The Burial Of Kojo: Here is what you need to know about Netflix's next original African movie (en-US). www.pulse.ng (19 February 2019). Retrieved on 13 February 2020.
  9. Blitz the Ambassador Named 2020 Guggenheim Fellow (en). OkayAfrica (9 April 2020). Retrieved on 8 June 2021.
  10. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Blitz Bazawule (en-US). Retrieved on 8 June 2021.
  11. Warner Bros. Lands ‘Black Samurai’ Movie From ‘The Color Purple’ Director Blitz Bazawule (EXCLUSIVE). Variety.
  12. Ramos (15 February 2019). Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Acquires Surreal Drama 'The Burial Of Kojo'. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved on 19 February 2019.
  13. Business - NYTimes.com. markets.on.nytimes.com. Retrieved on 22 March 2019.
  14. Desta (29 June 2020). Beyoncé "Felt Overwhelmed" Making New Visual Album, Black Is King. Vanity Fair. Retrieved on 23 July 2020.
  15. Kroll (2022-03-17). FX Lands Rights To Blitz Bazawule's 'Scent Of Burnt Flowers' To Develop As Limited Series With Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Attached To Star (en-US). Deadline. Retrieved on 2022-03-19.
  16. Gbenga (27 October 2019). AMAA 2019: Here are all the winners at the 15th edition of award. Pulse NG. Retrieved on 29 October 2019.
  17. 2019 Edition: Awards. Luxor African Film Festival. Retrieved on September 23, 2023.
  18. Davis (2021-02-02). Viola Davis, Tyler Perry and Regina King Up for Entertainer of the Year at 2021 NAACP Image Awards (en-US). Variety. Retrieved on 2021-02-05.
  19. Blitz Bazawule: Awards and Nominations (en-US). The Black Reel Awards. Retrieved on September 23, 2023.
  20. Black Reel Awards for Television 2021: Plenty of “Love” in the Heart of the Country! (en-US). The Black Reel Awards (2021-06-17). Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved on 2021-08-10.
  21. 21.0 21.1 Complex (December 15, 2023). Black Reel Awards Nominations: ‘The Color Purple’ And ‘Rustin’ Dominate. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved on December 16, 2023.
  22. Neglia (2024-01-09). The 2023 Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations (en-US). Next Best Picture. Retrieved on 2024-01-17.
  23. Jackson (March 14, 2024). NAACP Image Awards: Kerry Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Ryan Michelle Bathé Set as Presenters, Andra Day to Perform. Variety. Retrieved on March 15, 2024.

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