Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Yazoo
• DVD Release Date: May 9, 2000
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305863296
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,722 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Praise Shanachie for not discontinuing it., October 19, 1999

By 

Adam Mizelle ([e-mail]) (Iowa City, Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Live [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video has historical as well as entertainment value. Recorded live in England in 1984, fans get a look at the Egypt 80 band in full swing right before Fela was jailed. The versions of "Teacher Don't Teach me Nonsense" and "Confusion Break Bones" are near note-perfect when compared to the recordings, and the nighttime outdoor setting is ideal. This video includes interview segments between the tunes, giving the viewers insight into Fela's creative process. Get it and complete your collection.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Ain't No Party, April 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Fela Kuti Live (DVD)

While some of Fela's later music is possibly less accessable when compared to some of his work with Africa 70 it is some of his best as illustrated in this dvd.
Fela's music by the time this film was made had taken on a certain mood that owes less to his James Brown influence from earlier in his career.By now the mood of his compositions was a reflection of the message of his lyrics and it's not pretty stuff by any means.This is not party music but it is truly deep .This dvd is one of the best documents of where Fela and Egypt 80's music had evolved to.
There is a slow-burn tension to Fela's compositions on this dvd... the waters slowing warm and gradually come to a full boil by the end each tune and then slowly cools by song's end.I think alot of folks kind of miss the point of what Fela's music had become.There is no instant gratification here...just majesty.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect, but the best that's out there, April 12, 2002

By 

Mark S. Lo "Mark Lo" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fela Kuti Live (DVD)

I can't give this DVD a rave review, but it is not nearly as poor as some of the previous reviewers have indicated. In fact, it is far superior in terms of both video and sound quality than the Fela in Concert DVD, which is the only other Fela DVD I am aware of at this point in time. That performance is definitely better, but the video is so murky that it's almost unwatchable and the sound cuts in and out. If you're set on buying a Fela DVD, I would give the nod to this one.

I agree that the band sounds less than tight at the start of the first song, but I attributed this to a bad mix in the onstage monitors. They seem to get it together after awhile. The camera work is also quite good, as you get some good close ups of most of the members of the band.

If better live footage comes out of the woodwork, I will definitely buy it, but for now I'm happy to have this DVD.