Episode 1498 - Blitz Bazawule

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Growing up in Ghana, director Blitz Bazawule relied on three things to transport him to other worlds: movies, American hip-hop, and his grandmother’s stories. Blitz tells Marc how he combined all three in his work as a director, how his style of visual poetry attracted the attention of BeyoncĂ©, and how he suddenly found himself at the helm of his first major studio film, the musical version of The Color Purple. 

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