Tony Allen
Self
Birth of Afrobeat (2018)
0%
User
Score
Score
Overview
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 partner, late music legend, Fela Kuti, created the Afrobeat genre in Lagos, Nigeria. This hybrid live-action/animated film is a snapshot illustrating Tony Allen's story.
Opiyo Okeyo
Director
Top Billed Cast
Recommendations
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated
2017
Junun
2015
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
Elstree 1976
2015
National Gallery
2014
Looking for Richard
1996
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
2022
A Plastic Ocean
2016
The Class of ‘92
2013
Lemmy
2010
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023