500 Years Later
Ronnie Cush, Owen Alik Shahadah
Synopsis
Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment all plague people of African descent globally. Why? Five hundred years from the onset of slavery and subsequent colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedoms. Why?
Filmed in five continents, 500 Years Later examines the collective atrocities that uprooted Africans from their culture and homeland. 500 Years Later is a timeless and compelling journey, infused with the spirit and music of liberation that chronicles the struggle of a people who have fought and continue to fight for the most essential human right – freedom.
Details
- Year
- 2006
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 106 mins
- Format
- DVD-5
- Director
- Owen 'Alik Shahadah
- Producer
- M.K. Asante Jr
- Co-Producer
- M.K. Asante Jr
- Editor
- Ocacia Askia Shahadah
- Director of Photography
- Owen 'Alik Shahadah
- Sound
- Ocacia
- Music
- Tunde Jegede and Ocacia
- Principal Cast
- Dr Maulana Karenga, Amiri Baraka, Kimani Nehusi, Helena Woodard, Molefi Asante, Sonia Sanchez
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 29th March 2006
