Opiyo Okeyo's Birth of Afrobeat, part of the 2019 AFF National Traveling Series, will screen at the 2019 Tuscaloosa, Alabama Africana Film Festival!

About the Film

In September of 2017, 77 year old Nigerian drummer Tony Allen was invited to record the album What Goes Up with American band, Chicago Afrobeat Project. During their time together, Allen recounts how he and his partner, late music legend, Fela Kuti, created the Afrobeat genre in Lagos, Nigeria. In this hybrid live-action/animated film, director Opiyo Okeyo presents a snapshot of Tony Allen’s story.
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About our National Traveling Series

In order to make African cinema available to wider audiences, AFF programs the annual National Traveling Series, which runs throughout the year in the US, including Puerto Rico. Learn More