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Seven Songs for Malcolm X is a British documentary film about the life of Malcolm X, the influential civil rights activist who was assassinated in 1965. The film was written and directed by John Akomfrah, with co-writer Edward George, and produced by Lina Gopaul.
Dec 18, 2023 · Arthur Jafa revisited. Director of photography on Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust, John Akomfrah’s documentary Seven Songs for Malcolm X and Spike Lee’s Crooklyn, Arthur Jafa has crafted an oeuvre that also encompasses music, philosophy and science-fiction art.
Seven Songs for Malcolm X is a British documentary film about the life of Malcolm X, the influential civil rights activist who was assassinated in 1965. The film was written and directed by John Akomfrah, with co-writer Edward George, and produced by Lina Gopaul.
Seven Songs For Malcolm X. TX: Channel 4. 1993. 52 mins, Documentary. Director: John Akomfrah. Producer: Lina Gopaul. Shot in New York, this is a documentary on the life and times of the man now universally labelled as the father of the Black revolution, El Hajj Malik Shabazz, aka Malcolm X. Interviews and stylised reconstructions combine to ...
Jul 22, 2020 · Seven Songs for Malcolm X and The Last Angel of History. Streamed from July 22 through July 28. Two films directed by British Ghanaian artist and writer John Akomfrah—a founder of the Black Audio Film Collective—exemplify the collective’s groundbreaking approach to documentary.
Seven Songs for Malcolm X reprises themes - memory, location (and dislocation), poetry - explored in Akomfrah's previous documentaries Handsworth Songs (1986), Testament (1988) and Who Needs A Heart (1991).
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Giancarlo Esposito, star of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, reads from Malcolm's Autobiography, and narration is provided by novelist Tony Cade Bambara. Seven Songs for Malcolm X is a portrait of postwar American culture and one of its most mercurial figures.
