Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993 · 52 min
Documentary
★ 10.0The 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.
Crew
- Director John Akomfrah
- Writer Edward George
- Writer John Akomfrah
- Director of Photography Arthur Jafa
Cast
- D
Darrick Harris
Malcolm X
- D
Danny Carter
Malcolm's Man
- M
Martin Boothe
Malcolm's Man
- B
Byron O. Hurlock
Malcolm's Man
- E
Edward George
Malcolm's Man
- T
Tricia Rose
Malcolm's Mother
- T
Theodore L. Cash
Malcolm's Father
Olamide Faison
Young Malcolm
Giancarlo Esposito
Autobiography Reading (voice)
- T
Toni Cade Bambara
Commentary (voice)
Coco Fusco
FBI Files Reading (as Coco Fusco)
- T
Tiffany Nelson
Girl
Crew
- Director — John Akomfrah
- Writer — Edward George
- Writer — John Akomfrah
- Director of Photography — Arthur Jafa
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