Motherland (film)
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| Motherland | |
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| Directed by | Owen 'Alik Shahadah |
| Produced by | Betelihem Zelealem |
| Written by | Owen 'Alik Shahadah |
| Starring | Kimani Nehusi Molefi Kete Asante Maulana Karenga Wangari Maathai Mohamed Ibn Chambas Francis Cress Welsing Amiri Baraka Desmond Tutu Hakim Adi Meles Zenawi Jacob Zuma Adama Samassekou Haki R. Madhubuti |
| Music by | Maya Jobarteh Ocacia |
| Distributed by | Halaqah Media Distribution Co. |
| Release date(s) | July 11, 2009 |
| Running time | 118 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.5 million |
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Motherland (እናት ሀገር ʿenathager) is an independent documentary film directed and written by Owen 'Alik Shahadah. [1]Motherland is the sequel to the multiaward winning film 500 Years Later. 500 Years Later has received praise as well as controversy, both for the genre of the film (creative documentary), and the social-political impact of the film as it relates to race study. Motherland is being produced in the USA,UK, Ethiopia and South Africa.[2]
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[edit] Synopsis
Motherland is an epic documentary about the African continent from Ancient Kemet to the present. It is an overview of African history and contempoary issues but with the African people at the centre of the story. It is one of the first Pan-African features to be made.
[edit] Cast Note
The cast features key figures from the African political world.
- Harry Belafonte[3]
- Maulana Karenga
- Francis Cress Welsing
- Kimani Nehusi
- Hakim Adi
- Molefi Kete Asante
- Anthony Browder
- Adama Samassekou
- Meles Zenawi
- Mohamed Ibn Chambas
- Amiri Baraka
- Jacob Zuma
- Esther Stanford
- Hakim Quick
- Desmond Tutu
- Kwadwo Osei-Nyame
- Tsedenia Gebremarkos
- Haki R. Madhubuti
- Amina Salum Ali
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