Ghanaian Film Director Samuel ‘Blitz’ Bazawule has earned another groundbreaking deal after directing Beyonce’s Black Is King visuals album.
Blitz Bazawule will be directing Warner Bros’ musical film ‘The Color Purple’, based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical.
The screenplay is being written by Marcus Gardley.
The story depicts the lives of African American families and relationships in early twentieth-century Georgia.
The musical, featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, blues and African rhythms, has a book by Marsha Norman with music by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray.
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By: ghanaweekend.com
