John Henrik Clarke
Writer · 1915 – 1998 · Union Springs, Alabama, USA
Movies4
Movie10.0DocumentaryThe 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.
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryHistoryNarrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, through his rise in the ranks of the Nation of Islam, to his 1965 assassination.
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994 · 2 votes
MovieDocumentaryA detailed biography of famed singer, actor, athlete and activist Paul Robeson. Complete with several interviews and footage of concerts and film clips.
Movie4.5DocumentaryJohn Henrik Clarke talks about Black history.
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
1996 · 2 votes