The trailer Afrobeats: The Back Story, a documentary film produced by filmmaker and culture custodian, Ayo Shonaiya is now out for viewing. The upcoming documentary is set to premiere tomorrow, April 2nd, 2021 at the Filmhouse Cinema in Lagos, Nigeria. The documentary is powered by the streaming platform Boomplay which has been behind the annual Felabration festival and other notable music events. The production is set to tell the origin story, so to speak, of Afrobeats—its birth, its exponential rise, and how it came to be one of Africa’s biggest international exports.
Featuring substantial commentary from the custodians of Afrobeats, music producers, and artists, Afrobeats: The Backstory promises to chronicle, and accurately so, the remarkable story behind one of the most beloved genres on the continent. It has the opportunity to really lay out the story of the music, its pioneers, its young talent, and what is next for it in the coming years. If it manages to do this, it could be the documentary of the decade. The Afrobeats: The Backstory documentary couldn’t have come at a more apt time for the Afrobeats genre.
Watch the trailer here.
