Poster of Black Liberation

Black Liberation

Plot: Produced in collaboration with Malcolm X and narrated by Ossie Davis, this call to arms layers revolutionary text from multiple sources with gritty, shot-on-the-streets-of-New York footage of African-American struggle. A forgotten masterpiece from radical filmmaker, theorist and founder of Cinéma Éngagé, Édouard de Laurot
Release Date: Sunday, January 1 1966
58 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Ossie DavisOssie DavisOssie Davis was 49 in Black Liberation as 'Narrator'.
Birthday: Mon, Dec 17 1917 –
Fri, Feb 04 2005
Portrait of Malcolm XMalcolm XMalcolm X would have been no older than 39 in Black Liberation as 'Self'.
Birthday: Tue, May 19 1925 –
Sun, Feb 21 1965

Crew

Portrait of Édouard de LaurotÉdouard de LaurotÉdouard de Laurot was 44 in Black Liberation as 'Director'
Birthday: Sun, Apr 23 1922 –
Tue, Mar 23 1993