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EXCLUSIVE: 17-time Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter and shaper Alicia Keys and Grammy award-winning shaper and signaling creator Kasseem ‘Swizz Beatz’ Dean person boarded nan Wayfarer Studios, Misfits Entertainment and Mediawan documentary, Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, arsenic EP.
The news comes successful nan aftermath of nan pic’s sold-out premiere astatine nan BFI London Film Festival, wherever it won nan Audience Award for Best British Discovery, followed by its US premiere astatine DOC NYC. The docu besides conscionable won Best Documentary Feature astatine this year’s 34th Annual Pan African Film Festival successful Los Angeles.
Directed by Yemi Bamiro, Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story follows nan life of photographer and activistic Kwame Brathwaite, who helped ignite nan transformative “Black Is Beautiful” activity that reshaped ocular civilization and Black identity. Starting from Harlem successful nan 1950’s and moving until his decease successful 2023, Brathwaite took half a cardinal photos including galore of “regular” group connected nan thoroughfare but besides thousands of friendly and unexpected photos of stars including Stevie Wonder, Muhammad Ali, Marvin Gaye, Roberta Flack, Nina Simone, and nan Jackson Five.
Brathwaite’s photography captured pivotal moments successful history passim fashion, activism, music, and creation successful a profession that spanned much than six decades.
Keys and Dean subordinate Wayfarer Studios’ CEO Jamey Heath and Misfits Entertainment’s Andee Ryder arsenic Executive Producers alongside Robin Bronk for The Creative Coalition and Kwame S Brathwaite and Robynn Brathwaite connected behalf of The Kwame Brathwaite Archive. Producers see Andrew Calof connected behalf Wayfarer Studios, Joanna Boateng, Ian Bonhôte and Lizzie Gillett for Misfits, Mediawan Rights and Entourage Media.
UTA are repping nan movie for income successful nan US and Canada, and Mediawan Rights for nan remainder of nan world.
