Four shorts center Malcolm X and the wider Black Power movement, as well as Black life in NYC.
Struggle For Freedom
Dir. Lebert Bethune
22min; 16mm
Featuring some of the very last interviews with Malcolm X, this short by Lebert Bethune is a vital snapshot of a generational political icon.
From the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, a gift of Lebert “Sandy” Bethune.
Perfect Film
Dir. Ken Jacobs
22min
Ken Jacob’s short collects news footage detailing the events of Malcolm X’s assassination.
Protest: Black Power (1975)
Dir. Mert Koplin and Charles Grinker
15min
Excerpts from speeches and interviews of many leading black activists exemplify the various components of Black Power.
Courtesy of Indiana University Moving Film Archive.
Black Liberation/Silent Revolution
Dir. Edouard de Laurot
37min
This underseen masterpiece by radical filmmaker Edouard de Laurot layers revolutionary text and NYC street footage depicting Black life.
Struggle For Freedom
Dir. Lebert Bethune
22min; 16mm
Featuring some of the very last interviews with Malcolm X, this short by Lebert Bethune is a vital snapshot of a generational political icon.
From the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, a gift of Lebert “Sandy” Bethune.
Perfect Film
Dir. Ken Jacobs
22min
Ken Jacob’s short collects news footage detailing the events of Malcolm X’s assassination.
Protest: Black Power (1975)
Dir. Mert Koplin and Charles Grinker
15min
Excerpts from speeches and interviews of many leading black activists exemplify the various components of Black Power.
Courtesy of Indiana University Moving Film Archive.
Black Liberation/Silent Revolution
Dir. Edouard de Laurot
37min
This underseen masterpiece by radical filmmaker Edouard de Laurot layers revolutionary text and NYC street footage depicting Black life.
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