Seven Songs for Malcolm XMovie
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.
About Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Seven Songs for Malcolm X is a 1993 documentary movie directed by John Akomfrah.
The production information lists a runtime of 52m, production credits from United Kingdom, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Darrick Harris, Danny Carter, Martin Boothe, Byron O. Hurlock. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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