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Seven Songs For Malcolm X

  • Seven Songs For Malcolm X [Sept chansons pour Malcolm X]
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1993
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 52 (in minutes)
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The life and times of the father of the black revolution, El Haj Malik Shabazz, aka Malcolm X.
Featuring interviews with filmmaker Spike Lee, Malcolm X's wife Betty Shabazz and friends. A detailed portrait of the black leader who, in his lifetime, was called the "angriest man in America."

52 minutes / color
Release Date: 1995
Copyright Date: 1993

FESTIVALS / AWARDS

1994 | Images d'Ailleurs (Paris)
* Best Feature Length Documentary

1994 | Certificate of Merit, 1994 San Francisco Film Festival

1993 | National Black Programming Consortium
* Best Historical Documentary
* Audience Special Merit Awards Winner

1993 | Chicago Film Festival
* Best Use of Archival Footage in a Documentary

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