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Menelik Shabazz was a Barbados-born British film director, producer, educator, and writer, acknowledged as a pioneer in the development of independent Black British cinema, having been at the forefront of contemporary British filmmaking for more than 30 years.
Total trailers found: 12
15 January 1996
This award winning drama/doc tells the story of Paul Bogle, leader of the Morant Bay Rebellion 1865. This rebellion had a major impact on attitudes to race and empire in Victorian Britain, still present today.
01 January 1988
Time and Judgement is a sci-fi/documentary that combines biblical prophecy with events across the African diaspora between 1980 and 1987.
12 November 2020
Shabazz's portrait of artist Ken McCalla who worked on Time and Judgement.
13 November 1981
A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks something better.
08 September 2019
This feature documentary provides fresh, new perspectives on the world of the ancient pharaohs of Egypt/Kemet.
30 September 2011
In the 70s and 80s Britain was rife with racial tension and police harassment particularly against black British youths.
01 January 1982
Short 'newsfilm' looking back at the events of 1981, beginning with the killing of 13 young blacks in New Cross, London.
01 January 1978
The use of an old Victorian law of ‘being a suspicious person’ commonly known as ‘sus’ was used against young black peoplein the mid 70’s in the UK.
01 January 1977
Rare archive footage of British born young people in the mid 70s, discussing issues of school, police, parents and what it is like to be black in a white world.
21 August 2015
Despite modern advances in communication technology, many people face loneliness and depression. This immersive documentary explores online dating in the UK's black community.
01 April 2017
Featuring footage spanning from 1901 to 1985, this little-seen footage has been found from all across the UK.
01 January 1986
In 1985, three major uprisings rocked Britain, in Brixton, Handsworth and Tottenham. The most explosive was the latter, on the Broadwater Farm housing estate, which resulted in the death of PC Keith Blakelock as well as in hundreds of arrests and a number of prison sentences.
