WHO IS HIGHLIFE ?
CREDITS
Musiker / musicians
George Darko
Lee Dodou
Bob Fiscian
Albert Jones
Daddy Lumba
Nana Acheampong
Collins Band
E.T. Mensah
Aaron Bebe Sukura
Nana Aboagye da Costa
Wulomei
Pat Thomas
McGod
Atongo Zimba
Nana Asamoah
mit / with
Faisal Helwani
Prof. John Collins
Eleonore Sylla
Peter Krick
Bodo Staiger
Big Joe
Loud Ameosii Banini
Charles Amoah
Kojo Aquai
script
Wilma Kiener
director of photography
Dieter Matzka
second camera
Alpha Yahaya Suberu
sound mix
Peter Krick
SKYLINE Tonfabrik
MSM – Studios GmbH
production manager Ghana
Alpha Yahaya Suberu
ProduktionsAssistentin /
production assistant
Judith Mensah
Regie und Schnitt /
directing and editing
Dieter Matzka
Wilma Kiener
Förderung / Support
FFF Bayern
Goethe-Institut
Oberösterreichische
Landesregierung
Tourist Board Ghana
Produktion / Production
Matzka-Kiener-
Filmproduktion (D)
Lampion Film (A)
Cinecon Africa Ghana Ltd.
Format
DVCam, 112 Minuten
Copyright 2009
Drehorte / Locations
Ghana, Germany
WHO IS HIGHLIFE ?
MusicDocu by Wilma Kiener – Dieter Matzka – Yahaya Alpha Suberu
Highlife Music is the rock-'n'-roll of Africa, and it all started in Ghana, West Africa. There is hardly a musical style which has not been fused with Highlife rhythms. This led to the genesis of Burger Highlife, a fusion of traditional music with disco and funk that was created in the recording studios of Düsseldorf and Berlin by Ghanaian musicians. Accompanied by music and interviews, the film tells the story of how this specific brand of fusion music came about.
Top Burger Highlife stars, including George Darko, Lee Dodou, Pat Thomas, McGod, Bob Fiscian, Albert Jones, Nana Aboagye Da-Costa, Daddy Lumba, Nana Acheampong, Atongo Zimba and Nana Asamoah, John Collins and others, all present their hits. Since there is always more to music than the music itself, the documentary has also turned into a film about Ghana.
Coinciding with two major Goethe-Institut concerts presented in Accra under the heading MADE IN GERMANY - BURGER HIGHLIFE, the documentary “Who is Highlife?” was filmed in 2007 / 2008."_
