African Film and Adapting ‘The Color Purple’ With Blitz Bazawule

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Van and Rachel are joined by musician, author, and director Blitz Bazawule to discuss the importance of African films made by African filmmakers (7:27), his experience working with Beyoncé on ‘Black Is King’ (10:44), and his upcoming musical adaptation of ‘The Color Purple’ (14:39). Plus, which country has the best jollof (26:30)? Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Blitz Bazawule Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Let me tell you something real quick, bro.
0:10.0	I was telling, I told Donnie my producer that we were having you all the day.
0:16.0	Donnie, jump on.
0:17.0	Why are you such a big fan of Blitz?
0:19.0	Tell him to his face.
0:21.0	I mean, how you doing?
0:23.0	It's an honor.
0:25.0	The burial of Kodjo.
0:27.0	I saw that on Netflix a little while ago.
0:29.0	And it was amazing.
0:31.0	So yeah, I'm looking forward to this conversation.
0:33.0	Let me tell you something.
0:35.0	I saw it before you.
0:37.0	Are you dead?
0:38.0	I saw I saw it before you.
0:40.0	Let's talk to Blitz right now.
0:42.0	I'm going to hit the day.
0:43.0	Thank you.
0:44.0	Thank you.
0:45.0	Hello, Blitz.
0:46.0	You know, he gets so excited when his friends come on.
0:49.0	Doesn't even.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Ringer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Ringer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.