Africa Rising (2019)
1h 30m
Running Time
June 3, 2019Release Date
Plot.
How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a nicer portrait of this amazing continent, historically known for tragic subjects, such as slavery, famine, war and political chaos.
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Cast & Crew.

Jürgen Zimmerer
Self - Historian

Didier Awadi
Self - Musician

Amelie Deuflhard
Self - Art Director

Felwine Sarr
Self - Economist

Nhlanhla Nciza
Self - Musician

Grand Kallé
Self

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
Self - Musician

Hauke Dorsch
Self - Ethnologist

Ray Lema
Self - Musician

Leanne Sacramone
Self - Cartier Foundation Curator

Gims
Self - Musician

Dan Aykroyd
Self

Binetou Sylla
Self - Music Producer

Bintou Simporé
Self - Radio Presenter

Femi Kuti
Self - Musician

Leigh Blake
Self - Producer

Richard Mudariki
Self - Painter

Rama Thiat
Self - Musician / Activist

Majid Bekkas
Self - Musician

Josephine Apraku
Self - Activist

Yonii
Self - Musician

Sipho Dlamini
Self - Music Producer

Chéri Chérin
Self - Painter

JP Mika
Self - Painter

Vanessa Mdee
Self - Musician

Anne Moll
Self - Narrator (voice)

Mica Mylo
Self - Narrator (voice)

Frank Thomé
Self - Narrator (voice)

Constantin von Westphalen
Self - Narrator (voice)

Abdullah Ibrahim
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Miriam Makeba
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Kwame Nkrumah
Self - Politician (archive footage)

King Baudouin of Belgium
Self (archive footage)

Joseph Kasa-Vubu
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Patrice Lumumba
Self - Politician (archive footage)

James Brown
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali
Self - Boxer (archive footage)

George Foreman
Self - Boxer (archive footage)

Mobutu Sese Seko
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Papa Wemba
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Niska
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Fela Kuti
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Robert Mugabe
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Bob Marley
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Alpha Blondy
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Salif Keita
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Manu Dibango
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Peter Gabriel
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Youssou N'Dour
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Cheb Khaled
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Pieter Willem Botha
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Nelson Mandela
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ice Cube
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Abdoulaye Wade
Self - Politician (archive footage)

MHD
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Black Coffee
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Spoek Mathambo
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Wizkid
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Beyoncé
Self - Musician (archive footage)

Thorsten Ernst
Director / Writer

Jean-Alexander Ntivyhabwa
Director / Writer / Producer

Mikhele Apitzsch
Graphic Designer / Editor

Bianka Schulze
Sound

Lina Schienke
Producer

Wiebke Zippel
Producer

Tarek Nemeh
Sound

Julian Bohn
Sound Mixer

Christian Lache
Director of Photography

Claudio Mendonck
Sound

Allain Belloc
Sound
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
africa
political activism
apartheid
art theft
colonialism
post colonialism
cultural identity
2000s
african music
african history
african art
pop culture
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