Directed by:
Spike LeeCinematography:
Ellen KurasCast:
Roger Guenveur Smith, Martin Luther King, Marlon Brando, Jim Brown, Angela Davis, Miles Davis, Richard Pryor, Bessie Smith, Orson Welles, Fred Williamson (more)Plots(1)
Spike Lee his frequent collaborator Roger Guenveur Smith adapt Smith's Obie Award Winning off-Broadway one-man show for the screen with this intimate portrait of the late co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Shot before a live audience, Lee also utilizes archival footage to give the film a layered effect and provide even more historical insight. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Roger Guenveur Smith
USA
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American Gangster (2007)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Final Destination (2000)
Martin Luther King
USA
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Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991) - a.f.
Marlon Brando
USA
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The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Jim Brown
USA
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Any Given Sunday (1999)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Angela Davis
USA
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Da 5 Bloods (2020) - a.f.
Miles Davis
USA
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Dingo (1991)
Richard Pryor
USA
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Lost Highway (1997)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Blue Collar (1978)
Bessie Smith
USA
Orson Welles
USA
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Shogun (1980) (series) - narrator
Waterloo (1970)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Fred Williamson
USA
Best movies:
Black Eye (1974)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Fred Hampton (a.f.)
USA
Kathleen Cleaver (a.f.)
USA
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Zabriskie Point (1970)