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Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993)

1993-10-01 · 52m · EN
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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.

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John AkomfrahDirector, WriterEdward GeorgeWriter

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Darrick HarrisDarrick HarrisMalcolm XDanny CarterDanny CarterMalcolm's ManMartin BootheMartin BootheMalcolm's ManByron O. HurlockByron O. HurlockMalcolm's ManEdward GeorgeEdward GeorgeMalcolm's ManTricia RoseTricia RoseMalcolm's MotherTheodore L. CashTheodore L. CashMalcolm's FatherOlamide FaisonOlamide FaisonYoung MalcolmGiancarlo EspositoGiancarlo EspositoAutobiography Reading (voice)Toni Cade BambaraToni Cade BambaraCommentary (voice)Coco FuscoCoco FuscoFBI Files Reading (as Coco Fusco)Tiffany NelsonTiffany NelsonGirl

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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.

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