500 Years Later
by Owen Alik Shahadah
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Actor: Dr. Kimani Nehusi, Maulana Karenga, Molefi Kete Asante, Paul Robeson, Trevor MarshallDirector: Owen Alik Shahadah
Brand: Generic
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: CM0121DVD
Studio: Code Black Ent
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- Crime, poor education, poverty, self-hatred, incarceration, and broken homes plague people of African descent globally. Why? From the onset of the African holocaust of enslavement and colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedom. Filmed on 5 continents, this film by Owen 'Alik Shahadah is a critically acclaimed, multi-award winning journey infused with the spirit and music of l
DVD Reviews of 500 Years Later
DVD Review: A LONG NARRATIVE OF VICTIMHOOD
Summary: 1 Stars
I waited in vain for some useful information, or some new or original insights.....instead;from begining to end the film remained mired down in "long narratives of victimhood". The tone was one of hopelessness and despair. Only rarely did a fleeting positive perspective manage to rise above the noise of long dreary antedotes and self-deprecating opinions. In the background, sad and melodramatic sounds of violins (European style) only added to the sense of depression and gloom.
At times, one would think they were watching a typical 5:30 evening news telling us of the "crises in the inner city". Bill Cosby even spewed out his criticism of African people in America more than once. Babies out of wedlock. Jail populations; you have heard it all before!! We all know that Bill Cosby remains silent when he has a chance to criticize the powerful.
I guess it is so much safer to criticize poor uneducated Black women.....
I was on the verge of turning off the DVD player when I saw a picture of several of Diop's books. Maybe an informative interview with some new presenters, maybe this will mark a shift in tone and outlook. Maybe Paul Robeson Jr. would speak about his father . Maybe Maulana Karenga will talk about Ifa or Maat, or maybe Asante will offer helpful insights from the works of Diop or Obenga.....? Maybe Dr. Obenga would be interviewed.....Maybe someboby would rise out of the mire and speak boldly and confidently in the spirit of Diop or Garvey or Malcolm.
I waited only to be dissapointed when the long line of dreary presenters ,from various parts of the world, started all over again: "we need to do this....or that"... One obscure musician with a British accent and a sad and depressed look on his face, managed to mumble something about"other people" do this why can't black people..... This transatlantic PITY PARTY went on and on and on with a seemingly endless number of depressing observations and whining opinions.
They all seem to have been chosen for the severity of their depression or the complexity of their neurosis.
Most of them seemed dead on a cultural, spiritual and intellectual level. Perhaps they had one foot in and one foot out of the Euro-centric intellectual paradigm, and thats enough to depress and confuse anybody!!! Did they want the Western world to validate their opinions? They seemed troubled and trying to convince themselves that they really believed Diop.
Finally it was over. And a pensive and weary Dr. Molefi Asante appeared on screen and uttered with force and conviction,a refreshing Diopian closing statement, but it was far too little and far too late to save this long, sorry, dreary film.
May I have my money back please!!!!
Description of 500 Years Later
Until lions tell theirstory the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.ProductInformation500 Years Later tells of the crime poor education povertyself-hatred incarceration and broken homes that plague people ofAfrican descent globally. From the onset of the AfricanHolocaust of enslavement and colonialism Africans are still strugglingfor basic freedom. Filmed in five continents 500 Years Lateris a critically acclaimed multi-award winning journey infused with thespirit and music of liberation. It chronicles the struggle ofa people who have fought and continue to fight for the most essentialhuman right - self-determination.Product Features African Slavery by Dr. Kimani Nehusi Tukufu Suberi Interview - How ManySpecifications Stars: Kolfi Adu SonaJobarteh Hunter Adams II Format: Color DVD-VideoWidescreen NTSC Language: English Number of Discs: 1 Rating: Not Rated Run Time: 116 minutes Directed By: Own 'Alik ShahadahBestsellers in DVD
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