Turner prize-winning artist and film-maker, who won a Bafta for debut feature Hunger, will direct and write a movie about the Afrobeat creator and Nigerian activistBritish artist-turned-director Steve McQueen has signed up to direct a biopic of Fela Kuti, the larger-than-life musician who created Afrobeat, inspired James Brown to make funk music, almost ran for the presidency of Nigeria, and at one point had 27 wives.Variety reports that McQueen will also co-write the screenplay for Fela with Bi...
Rolling Stone — Fela, a biopic about African music great Fela Kuti, has found its director in Steve McQueen, who helmed Hunger, Variety reports. The film is not related to the recent Bro... more info
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