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Though it doesn't fully capture the electrifying spirit of its subject, Finding Fela! is a solid overview of the life and work of a musical revolutionary.
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The problem isn't really finding Fela, but containing him. Sep 12, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The problem isn't really finding Fela, but containing him.
J. R. Jones
Kuti made politics to dance to, and music that made you think. The slick presentation of Gibney's film successfully gets that appeal across, but the method feels compromised. Sep 4, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Kuti made politics to dance to, and music that made you think. The slick presentation of Gibney's film successfully gets that appeal across, but the method feels compromised.
Henry Barnes
"Finding Fela!" is an apt title for this dynamic and thorough documentary by Alex Gibney. Aug 28, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4
"Finding Fela!" is an apt title for this dynamic and thorough documentary by Alex Gibney.
Tom Keogh
At its best, the film manages the trick of constructing a modern myth while simultaneously deconstructing it - on one level, this is a story about how to tell a story. Plus, it's got a great beat and you can dance to it. Aug 21, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
At its best, the film manages the trick of constructing a modern myth while simultaneously deconstructing it - on one level, this is a story about how to tell a story. Plus, it's got a great beat and you can dance to it.
Tim Campbell
The constant flipping between stagecraft and reality creates a dissonant static that prevents any satisfying connection with the film. Aug 15, 2014 | Rating: 2/4
The constant flipping between stagecraft and reality creates a dissonant static that prevents any satisfying connection with the film.
David Hiltbrand
The early songs are a celebration; the later music is a weapon. It would be nice to get more of both, but for that there are the reissued CDs, not to mention this film's soundtrack, a decent sampler. Aug 14, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The early songs are a celebration; the later music is a weapon. It would be nice to get more of both, but for that there are the reissued CDs, not to mention this film's soundtrack, a decent sampler.
Ty Burr
You have to learn to love his music, but once you do, it will take you to the deepest places of your soul. This film, which is built around the production of the musical, is for those who want to learn how to love Kuti. Sep 6, 2018 | Full Review…
You have to learn to love his music, but once you do, it will take you to the deepest places of your soul. This film, which is built around the production of the musical, is for those who want to learn how to love Kuti.
Charles Mudede
Ultimately, Finding Fela loses its narrative backbone when it can no longer rely on gifted footage and must focus on the actual man. Feb 12, 2018 | Full Review…
Ultimately, Finding Fela loses its narrative backbone when it can no longer rely on gifted footage and must focus on the actual man.
Steve Erickson
No doubt others will try again but, for now, we'll have to make do with Gibney's portrayal of the man via archive footage and interviews with various talking heads. Apr 26, 2017 | Full Review…
No doubt others will try again but, for now, we'll have to make do with Gibney's portrayal of the man via archive footage and interviews with various talking heads.
Jim Carroll
[Gibney] raises a pertinent question: is it contradictory to beatify an avowed anti-capitalist revolutionary with an elaborately produced show? Mar 27, 2017 | Rating: Recommended | Full Review…
[Gibney] raises a pertinent question: is it contradictory to beatify an avowed anti-capitalist revolutionary with an elaborately produced show?
James Hennessy
A fine introduction to a fascinating African musician Jul 31, 2015 | Full Review…
A fine introduction to a fascinating African musician
Robert Denerstein
It is the man himself that will draw you into this film, even if you are not a fan of musical documentaries. Feb 19, 2015 | Full Review…
It is the man himself that will draw you into this film, even if you are not a fan of musical documentaries.
Jack Books
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