Elinor Burkett – Oscar Winner 2010
Elinor Burkett guide movement borrows producer Kanye West at the annual 82 when he stormed the stage and interrupted an acceptance speech from “Music for Prudence” collaborator Roger Ross Williams Award for best documentary short. Williams, film director, began his speech and spoke about a complete surprise to win the award. “Oh God, it’s wonderful,” he began. “Two years ago, when I took a plane to Zimbabwe, I never imagined in my wildest dreams that ends here. This is very interesting.”
That’s not the only one excited. Burkett, film producer, joined Williams suddenly on stage and immediately seized the microphone, took a stab at how women are not allowed to talk about men. “Is not just classical,” he said. Burkett, talked about the message of “Music of caution,” said: “You know, in the world are saying most of us and say to ourselves that we can ‘t, Liyana, the band behind the movie teaches us that we wrong. Against all odds, and so are we. The conclusion is, for me, my role model and my hero is [Liyana members]. ”
This is not as memorable as when the West “I’mma let you finish” at the ceremony, but it was close enough. “Music by prudence” focuses on the life of Prudence Mabhena, a singer from Zimbabwe who suffer from arthrogryposis, a debilitating condition that causes curved and deformed joints and limbs. The story is the music that is not successful and his band Mabhena Liyana. Mabhena alone in the crowd during his acceptance speech from Burkett and Williams, laughing at the surprise arrival of producers in the scene.
As a Zimbabwean I applaud Eli Burkett’s bold stance. Roger Williams
is no spokesperson for the children of Zimbabwe. Burkett saw the band
playing in Zimbabwe some two years ago. She developed the idea, paid
for Williams to come out, did all the ground work, brought in at her
expense the cinematographers, fought and continues to fight for the
rights of the band and remains a true friend to all of the band
members. Williams behaved like the true boor he is, dashing to the
stage like a deranged maniac, not having the grace to wait for his
co-producer and then gibbered his way through the opening. She did
the right thing, she made sure that every member of the band Liyana
was thanked for allowing the world to see the raw state of their
predicament. Prudence Mabhena, the lead character of the film, is but
one small fragment of the greater picture. Google Burkett and read
how she has championed the rights of the downtrodden the world over,
Google Williams and you will discover he is a crass opportunist
incapable of sharing anything but his bloated ego.