Blitz Bazawule @BlitzAmbassador Twitter profile

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Blitz Bazawule

2 years

Still in awe. Thanks @TrevorNoah and @TheDailyShow for such an Amazing time. My debut novel 'The Scent Of Burnt Flowers' is out now. Full interview: 🙏🏿🌺🔥

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Devastated to hear Lloyd Porter has pass away from covid19. Lloyd was a pillar in Brooklyn. His coffee shop Breadstuy is where I met some of my closest friends. He sometimes hired people with records that couldn't easily find work. He believed in community. Rest well Brother 🙏🏿🙏🏿

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4 years

Black Creative Genius. Amen. 🙏🏿🌺 The Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway - Stormy Weather. (1943)

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

5 years

Sharing this Akira Kurosawa piece of advice about writing cos we can all use the reminder. I'm deep in the trenches writing an episodic series and I revisit this video at least once a week. #Sensei 🙏🏿🇯🇵

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

In Memorial of South African Legend Mary Twala who passed away a few weeks ago. This might have been her last film role. Was a blessing to direct her as our Rafiki in BLACK IS KING. "The Ancestor's never left you" 🙏🏿👑✨ R.I.P

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Blessed to directed some visually stunning scenes in BLACK IS KING, but here are a few of my favorites with Queen Beyoncé herself. #BlackIsKing 🙏🏿✨👑

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

6 years

Social Media has done more for Black people sharing beautiful images/narratives of themselves than MotionPicture did in 127 yrs of existence

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

This was our final table read for #TheColorPurple in Feb 2022. @TasiasWord sung “I’m Here” live and sent chills through the room. What an amazing journey. The Color Purple in Theaters tomorrow. 🙏🏿🖤

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

My Ghana Brother @shattawalegh !!!! Both Madina and Nima shining on BLACK IS KING. You love to see it. 🇬🇭👑

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

🙏🏿💜 I received a message from Alice Walker that read: “Rest! You’ve made the ancestors proud.” That’s the only review that matters to me. So today, I will rest. I pray our beautiful film is received in the spirit it was made, — with love. #THECOLORPURPLE is in Theaters NOW!!

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

There is casting….then there is CASTING!!! #TheColorPurple

Film Updates

@FilmUpdates

4 months

‘THE COLOR PURPLE’ stars Phylicia Pearl Mpasi and Fantasia Barrino 📸

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

1 year

With my genius brother @JonBatiste in the studio today working on some Purple magic! Hope you are ready! 🙏🏿💜

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

I run into my brother @colmandomingo on the street last night, and we couldn’t help it. 🤍🤍

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

6 years

This video gets me every time....Thank You Dr. Maya Angelou. #ICanDoAnythingAndDoItWell

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

5 years

James Baldwin and Chinua Achebe on the beach. That's it. That's the tweet. 🌊🌊

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

A special shout out to the Dancers of #TheColorPurple . Thank you for bringing the best energy to my set. Y’all the real MVP’s. 🙏🏿✨💜

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

When I tell you every day on #TheColorPurple set was otherworldly, I mean it. This dance break did not make it into my Final Cut but I had to share!!! Get your Tickets y’all. The Color Purple is in Theaters NOW!!! 🙏🏿✨💜

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

Yes!!! We did that!!! Grateful to everyone that packed the theaters. Let’s keep it going! #TheColorPurple

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

2 years

Excited to welcome the incredible Aunjanue Ellis to 'The Color Purple Musical' cast. Truly an honor. 🙏🏿💜

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

🙏🏿✨💜 Let’s keep spreading the word!!! #TheColorPurple is in Theaters NOW!!!

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

R.I.P Tony Allen. This man pioneered Afrobeat with Fela Kuti. His drumming was the backbone of the sound. Blessed to have played a show with him in Köln a couple year ago. A true genius. He will be missed. 🙏🏿🙏🏿

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Happy Birthday Assata Shakur. Love this photo of her on the beach with her daughter in Cuba. Stay Free 🌊✊🏿

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

5 years

All the rave reviews for @TheBurialOfKojo are a humble reminder that rejection is temporary as long as you don't quit. I was rejected by writing labs. I was rejected by funding grants. I was rejected by ALL the so called major film festivals. Now here we are...thriving 🙏🏿

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

BLACK IS KING 🙏🏿👑 Everyday on set was a Blessing. Endless gratitude to Queen @Beyonc é. Disney+ MNet

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

2 months

Sending love to my AMAZING Cast of #TheColorPurple . Thank you Danielle Brooks for representing at the Oscars Tonight! So damn proud of y’all. 🙏🏿✨💜

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

WHAAAAAAT!!!! @TheBurialOfKojo is up for a Golden Globe Nomination. First ever for Ghana. Just Wow!!! 🙌🏿🏆🇬🇭

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

Still can’t believe I got to direct the G.O.A.T #Whoopi . A career highlight for me. #TheColorPurple in Theaters Now!!! 🙏🏿✨💜

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

The first person I called when I got the job to direct #TheColorPurple was my choreographer Fatima Robinson. The rest is history!!! Can’t wait for you to witness her genius this Christmas! 🙏🏿👑✨

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

Went to see #TheColorPurple today. It really hit different with a crowd. To hear the laughs, the gasps, the sobs….wow!!! We really did that. All the theaters at the AMC were sold out. Really grateful for this moment y’all. 🙏🏿✨💜

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

7 months

The real MVP is my dearest Fatima Robinson who choreographed both #RENAISSANCE and #THECOLORPURPLE 🙏🏿

Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

7 months

Both myself and the Queen @Beyonce have movies hitting theaters this December. Dec 1 - #RENAISSANCE Dec 25 - #THECOLORPURPLE So grateful cos I won’t be here without #BLACKISKING . Let’s pack those theaters y’all! We going from Silver to Purple!!! 🪩💜

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

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🙏🏿👑🕊️

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

2 years

So honored to have our Producer @Oprah visit the set of 'The Color Purple Musical'. Endless gratitude. Surreal!!! 🙏🏿💜

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

3 years

Proud to have contributed to this Masterpiece. BLACK IS KING is nominated for 'Best Music Film' at the 2021 Grammy Awards. Congrats to Queen Beyoncé and all the brilliant minds that contributed. 🙏🏿

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

So much symbolism in BLACK IS KING but having the chance to center Dogon celestial mythology & iconography was a blessing. The Dogon charted complex constellations 5000 years before telescopes. Centering them in @Beyonce #BlackIsKing hopefully exposes many to their genius 👑🙏🏿🚀

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

Woke up to all the positive reactions to #TheColorPurple . What a blessing!!! Grateful to all who helped me make this film. Let's continue to pack the Theaters y'all. 🙏🏿💜✨

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

3 months

🙏🏿✨💜 It’s been an honor of a lifetime! #TheColorPurple @TasiasWord @tarajiphenson @thedanieb 📸: WilsonMorales

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

3 years

Just came in the mail. My first ever Grammy Nomination medalion. Thanks to the @RecordingAcad and wishing Queen Beyoncé and the #BLACKISKING team all the best on March 14. 🙏🏾👑🖤

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Honored to reimagine Alice Walker's classic novel 'The Color Purple' for a new generation. Beyond grateful to have the legends Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones and Scott Sanders as my Producers alongside Warner Bros Studios. Get ready for something AMAZING!! 🙏🏿💜🙏🏿

Deadline Hollywood

@DEADLINE

4 years

‘The Color Purple’ Feature Musical: ‘Black Is King’s Blitz Bazawule Set To Direct

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

Congrats to my AMAZING Cast for their SAG Award Nomination!!! Honored to have directed you geniuses. 🙏🏿✨💜

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

Yes, there are a lot of layers and references in #TheColorPurple . We even shot a fantasy sequence inspired by Celie and Shug watching 'Flying Aces' in 1926, but it didn't make the final cut. I had so much fun with the ladies tho. 🙏🏿💜✈️

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Some more of that #BlackJoy in color. What a blessing. 1943 🙏🏿🌺 #CabCalloway #TheNicholasBrothers

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@BlitzAmbassador

5 months

What an honor it was to be on #TheView giving the original Celie her flowers!!! 🌺 The Legendary Whoopi Goldberg y’all. Her excellence , her grace, her kindness. So grateful for this moment. #TheColorPurple will be in Theaters on. Christmas Day!!

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

A Director and his Cast!!! #TheColorPurple in Theaters on Christmas Day!!!

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

6 months

🙏🏿💜✨ I really don’t have the words y’all. After 118 days of having to promote The Color Purple alone during the strike, I finally got to share this beautiful moment with my cast and producers. I am eternally grateful. @TheColorPurple in Theaters Christmas Day!

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

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Barack Obama

@BarackObama

4 months

Update: I just saw The Color Purple and loved it. I'm adding it to this list as one of my favorite movies of the year.

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

Where it all began, Storyboards. I ended up sketching over a thousand frames for #TheColorPurple . I started with the opening sequence ‘oner’ to establish our sonic language and visual. Music would come from the environment and the camera movement will be fluid. 🙏🏿💜✨

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

6 months

AMAZING!!!! Been praying for this day! We finally get to celebrate our beautiful film TOGETHER! #TheColorPurple Press Tour about to be 🔥🔥

The Hollywood Reporter

@THR

6 months

After a grueling 118 days on strike, SAG-AFTRA has officially reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with studios, a move that is heralding the end of the 2023 #ActorsStrike :

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

7 months

Both myself and the Queen @Beyonce have movies hitting theaters this December. Dec 1 - #RENAISSANCE Dec 25 - #THECOLORPURPLE So grateful cos I won’t be here without #BLACKISKING . Let’s pack those theaters y’all! We going from Silver to Purple!!! 🪩💜

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@BlitzAmbassador

5 months

“A Director and his Leading Lady.” @TasiasWord thank you for joining me on this Purple journey. I am forever grateful. My Sister! My Friend! It’s your time…once again!!! 🙏🏿💜✨ #TheColorPurple in Theaters This Christmas.

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

ALICE 💜

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

THE TRIO!!! Me, Fatima Robinson and Dan Laustsen formed a bond right from the start. I knew the success of our film depended on how well our camera and choreography worked seamlessly together. And boy, did they deliver!!! #TheColorPurple in Theaters NOW! 🙏🏿💜✨

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Another favorite scene I directed. I legit shed a tear when I saw the final edit with score music. We blessed yo!!!! #BlackIsKing

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

5 months

Excited to announce that my debut feature film ‘The Burial Of Kojo’ joins the Criterion Collection Today. Beyond grateful. 🙏🏿🔥🇬🇭

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@BlitzAmbassador

3 months

Congrats @thedanieb and @TasiasWord on your @BAFTA noms. To have played a small part in reminding the world of your beauty and brilliance is all the reward I will ever need! 🙏🏿💜✨

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

👑 B L A C K I S K I N G ✨✨ ✨ 9 more days to see the beauty we made with @Beyonce Disney+

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Thanks @Oprah . So honored. Can't wait!!!! 💜🙏🏿💜

Oprah Winfrey

@Oprah

4 years

From #BlackIsKing to now #TheColorPurple , @blitzambassador has the perfect director’s brush for the next evolution of this beloved story. He blew us away with his unique vision for the upcoming musical film version and we can’t wait for you to see it 💜💜

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5 months

🙏🏿✨💜 I still don’t have the words to describe last nights premiere of #TheColorPurple . All I can say is that my heart is full. Thanks to everyone that had a hand in this moment. I am eternally grateful.

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@BlitzAmbassador

3 months

Congrats to the incredible @thedanieb for your @TheAcademy Nomination. Every performance you gave was out of this world. So damn proud to be your Director. Keep soaring!!! 🙏🏿💜👑 #TheColorPurple

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1 year

Here we go!!! The Color Purple In Theaters Christmas Day! 🙏🏿💜

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

ZIMBABWE on my mind.🇿🇼 How do we keep coming back to this point? It hurts!!! #ZimbabweanLivesMatter

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

Gratitude. 🖤 The Color Purple In Theaters Tomorrow. 📸: Willy Sanjuan/AP

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@BlitzAmbassador

5 months

🙏🏿🇬🇧💜 In LONDON with my Purple Family. #TheColorPurple in Theaters this Christmas.

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Still in awe!!! The levitation scene I directed for #BlackIsKing is on billboard??? Wow!!!! Gratitude to all who helped pull this off this epic moment. Thanks to the Queen @Beyonce for saying yes to my crazy ideas. We shifted the zeitgeist in a major way. 📷: @Tegravy 🙏🏿🙏🏿

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@BlitzAmbassador

1 year

An AMAZING day at #Cinemacon with the incredible @Oprah , @tarajiphenson , @TasiasWord , @thedanieb . Our Purple Journey has begun. 🙏🏿💜✨

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Portraits of our brilliant BLACK IS KING cast. So honored to direct these magnificent Actors. 👑🙏🏿🇿🇦 #BlackIsKing @Beyonce @Nandi_Madida @NyanisoDzedze 📷: @trevor_stuurman

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

3 months

Congrats to my incredible #TheColorPurple cast and crew. You deserve all your flowers! 🌸 🙏🏿💜

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

5 years

"I've said it once and I'll say it again, African creatives don't have the luxury of just being Artists. We literally have to be advertising gurus, financial masterminds, distribution innovators & anthropologists just to control our narrative in a world focused on distorting us"

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Everyone one who lived in the neighborhood has a Lloyd story. When I was going on my first tour to Europe with my band and needed proof of funds for my E.U visa, Lloyd just went home, printed his bank statement and wrote a letter of support for me. That tour changed my life. 🙏🏿

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

3 months

🙏🏿🇬🇭💜 The Color Purple opens in Ghana on Feb 9. Grateful to showcase our beautiful culture in this film. Get Tickets Now!!!

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@BlitzAmbassador

2 years

DAY 1...Gratitude!!! 🙏🏿💜

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

🙏🏿🖤 Wall Street Journal Magazine @WSJMag

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@BlitzAmbassador

5 years

The Godfather Ousmane Sembène was clear. #KnowYourCenter 🙏🏿

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@BlitzAmbassador

7 years

As I reflect on the life of #Sankara I cant help but share these images. The man Europe paid to murder Sankara stood by him ALWAYS #StayWoke

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Whaaaaaaat!!!! Super excited to announce I've been awarded the Guggenheim 2020 Fellowship. Truly grateful and inspired. "The award is for individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts" Blessings 🙏🏿

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@BlitzAmbassador

5 months

🙏🏿💜 This week has been a dream!!! The Color Purple in Theaters on Christmas Day!!!

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

FYC #TheColorPurple

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

I legit shed tears while filming this string session for ‘What about Love’. To witness a 50 piece orchestra playing the maestro Kris Bowers arrangements was otherworldly. Grateful to be in the room. #TheColorPurple is in Theaters Now!!!

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@BlitzAmbassador

6 months

🙏🏿💜✨ Get ready for the most ICONIC press tour ever!!! #TheColorPurple in Theaters Christmas Day! Tix on sale now!

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

6 years

Soooo excited to announce my debut feature film @TheBurialOfKojo will be making it's World Premiere at AMC Empire Theatre in Times Square NYC as part of Urban World Film Festival presented by HBO. We screen on Friday Sept 21st 7:30pm followed by Q&A. CAN'T WAIT ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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Blitz Bazawule

@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Goals....✊🏿 #MarcusGarvey #BrianTyreeHenry 🙏🏿🎥

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@BlitzAmbassador

5 months

Tonight we turned the Empire State Building PURPLE!!! To think that I used to sell my CD’s in the street not far from there. What a journey!!! Grateful for this moment NYC!!! @TheColorPurple in Theaters Christmas Day 🙏🏿✨💜

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@BlitzAmbassador

3 months

🙏🏿💜✨ Gratitude

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

Happy #COLORPURPLE DAY to those who celebrate. ✨🙏🏿💜

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@BlitzAmbassador

6 years

Did you know Dr. Maya Angelou was honored with a stamp in Ghana? Yes she lived and worked here as a journalist. Get familiar. Diaspora Matters. ✊🏿 🇬🇭

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

💔.....still? #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

As a Fatima Robinson stan….nothing makes me happier than watching her get her flowers! A Legend, an Icon, a Queen! 🙏🏿💜💐

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@BlitzAmbassador

5 years

Yesterday was a dream....the love was overwhelming. Thank you @Ava for welcoming me into the @ARRAYNow family. @TheBurialOfKojo coming March 31st on NETFLIX #GhanaToTheWorld 🎥🇬🇭

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5 years

"remember why you started"

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11 months

R.I.P to the Legendary Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo. Thank you for sharing your brilliance. 🙏🏿🕊️🇬🇭

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 years

Also Big Up my Ghana Bredren @shattawalegh 🇬🇭👑 It's coming!!!!

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@BlitzAmbassador

4 months

I had this idea for Celie to be quilting throughout the movie. Stitching together her family both physically and metaphysically. A deep tradition of Black Women in the South. We ended up designing these beautiful quilts for our end credits. These promos are 🔥 #TheColorPurple