Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993)
Released:
1993-10-01
Duration:
52min
Genres:
Documentary
Rating 0.0
Overview
The Black Audio Film Collective’s seventh film envisioned the death and life of the African American revolutionary as a seven part study in iconography as narrated by novelist Toni Cade Bambara and actor Giancarlo Espesito. The stylized tableaux vivants that memorialise Malcolm’s life referenced the early 20th century funeral photography of James Van der Zee’s The Harlem Book of the Dead and the elemental static cinematography of Sergei Paradjanov’s The Colour of Pomegranates.
Production Companies
Black Audio Film Collective
Channel 4 Television
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.172 |
Directed By
John Akomfrah
Crew
Director
John Akomfrah
John Akomfrah
Writer
John Akomfrah
John Akomfrah
Writer
Edward George
Edward George
Editor
Joy Chamberlain
Joy Chamberlain
Producer
Lina Gopaul
Lina Gopaul
Director of Photography
Arthur Jafa
Arthur Jafa
Original Music Composer
Trevor Mathison
Trevor Mathison
TOP CAST
Darrick Harris
Malcolm X
Danny Carter
Malcolm's Man
Martin Boothe
Malcolm's Man
Byron O. Hurlock
Malcolm's Man
Edward George
Malcolm's Man
Tricia Rose
Malcolm's Mother
Theodore L. Cash
Malcolm's Father
Olamide Faison
Young Malcolm
Giancarlo Esposito
Autobiography Reading (voice)
Toni Cade Bambara
Commentary (voice)
Coco Fusco
FBI Files Reading (as Coco Fusco)
Tiffany Nelson
Girl
Tiffany Tate
Girl
Wilfred X
(as Wilfred Little)
Robin D.G. Kelley
(as Robin Kelley)
Benjamin 2X
(as Iman Benjamin Karim)
