Director: Alex Gibney

Keywords: Music Documentary, Biography

Musical documentary examines the career of Nigerian singer and activist Fela Kuti.

ABSTRACT
Fela Kuti was a veritable giant of African music, blending several genres -- jazz, rock, and traditional African music among them -- together to create "Afrobeat", a new sound propelling him to controversial stardom in post-colonial Africa. Finding Fela! examines Kuti's career, a storied existence entertaining and inspiring democratic change in his native Nigeria cut short by AIDS in 1997.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Fela Kuti	Musician	15-Oct-1938	2-Aug-1997	God of Afrobeat
Paul McCartney	Musician	18-Jun-1942		Beatle
?uestlove	Drummer	20-Jan-1971		Drummer for The Roots

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