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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Darrick Harris, Danny Carter, Martin Boothe, Byron O. Hurlock, Edward George, Tricia Rose
Crew: John Akomfrah (Director), John Akomfrah (Writer), Edward George (Writer), Lina Gopaul (Producer), Trevor Mathison (Original Music Composer), Arthur Jafa (Director of Photography)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: Black Audio Film Collective, Channel 4 Television
Runtime: 52 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 01, 1993
IMDb: 10
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