‘The Burial of Kojo’ to debut of Netflix March 31

Array Releasing in its quest to spotlight underrepresented voices and stories by people of colour and women , has acquired, ‘The Burial of Kojo’ from Ghanaian musical artist and filmmaker Samuel “Blitz” Bazawule.

‘The Burial of Kojo’ will debut on Netflix March 31 in tandem with a national screening tour.  Array Releasing’s boss, Ava DuVernay on Friday, announced this.

The Burial of Kojo is an official selection of the 2019 Pan African Film Festival and the 2018 Urbanworld Film Festival Best Narrative Feature Winner. Marking his feature debut, Bazawule tells the story of two brothers through the eyes of a gifted girl who travels beautiful lands that exist between life and death.

The trailer above shows Bazwule’s stunning vision of the familial narrative through the lens of magical realism and Afrofuturism.

“Through his fantastic film, director Samuel “Blitz” Bazawule weaves African mythology and socio-political issues into a stunning tapestry punctuated by both drama and dreams,” says Array’s Vice President Tilane Jones. “We are proud to present the gorgeous Ghanaian film, The Burial of Kojo, as our 22nd ARRAY acquisition.”