Fascinating Fela Kuti for a film
ALTHOUGH a hugely influential musician who pioneered the Afrobeat sound, and acclaimed for his social activism, Fela Kuti is less storied than the comparable Bob Marley. A new documentary, by Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney sheds light on this complex and charismatic figure.
Through films such as Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Taxi to the Dark Side, and Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Gibney has built a reputation as a documentarian unafraid to expose corruption and malfeasance amongst the great and the powerful.
