The last angel of history : Seven songs for Malcolm X / a Black Audio Films production in association with Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen and Channel Four Television ; director, John Akomfrah.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Akomfrah, John, film director, researcher, screenwriter, director, research team member, screenwriter.

Gopaul, Lina, film producer, producer.

Johnson, Avril, film producer, producer.

George, Edward (Screenwriter), screenwriter, researcher, research team member.

Eshun, Kodwo, interviewee, interviewee.

Cllinton, George, 1940- interviewee, interviewee.

Harris, Darrick, actor, actor.

Faison, Olamide, actor, actor.

Shabazz, Betty, interviewee, interviewee.

Scott, David, cinematographer, director of photography.

Amsden, Justin, editor of moving image work, editor of moving image work.

Mathison, Trevor, 1960- arranger, arranger of music.

Jafa, Arthur, cinematographer, director of photography.

Chamberlain, Joy, 1947- editor of moving image work, editor of moving image work.

Black Audio Film Collective, production company, producer.

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, production company, producer.

Channel Four (Great Britain), production company, producer.

Icarus Films, film distributor, distributor.

Herman V. Ames Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pan-Africanism.

Science fiction--Social aspects.

Science fiction.

Popular music--Social aspects.

Popular music.

X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.

X, Malcolm.

Black Muslims--Biography.

Black Muslims.

African American Muslims.

African American.

African American Muslims--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Experimental films.

Documentary films.

Biographical films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Distribution:

Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, [2010]

Other Title:

Seven songs for Malcolm X

7 song for Malcolm X

Story of Malcolm X

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, region 1.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

Last angel of history: explores the relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, space exploration, and computer technology. Examines science fiction elements in literature and music as metaphors for the Pan-African experience of forced displacement and cultural alienation.

Seven songs for Malcolm X: a collection of testimonies, eyewitness accounts, and dramatic reenactments which tell of the life, legacy, loves and losses of Malcolm X.

Participant:

Last angel of history: Kodwo Eshun, George Clinton.

Seven songs for Malcolm X: Darrick Harris, Olamide Faison, Betty Shabazz.

Credits:

Last angel of history: producers, Lina Gopaul, Avril Johnson ; writer, researcher, Edward George ; camera, David Scott ; editor, Justin Amsden ; music, Trevor Mathison.

Seven songs for Malcolm X: producer, Lina Gopaul ; writer, researcher, John Akomfrah, Edward George ; director of photography, Arthur Jafa ; editor, Joy Chamberlain.

Notes:

Originally issued as a bonus disc with: Nine muses by John Akomfrah.

Last angel of history originally released in 1995. Seven songs for Malcolm X originally released in 1993.

Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.

Contains:

Nine muses.

OCLC:

904024226