Post by teleadm on Jun 30, 2021 8:11:46 GMT
Barbados-born British film director, producer, educator, and writer Menelik Shabazz has left us at the age of 67, on June 28th.
He was acknowledged as a pioneer in the development of independent Black British cinema, having been at the forefront of contemporary British filmmaking for more than 30 years. He is best known for the 1981 film Burning an Illusion, his first feature. He was also co-founder in the 1980's of Kuumba film production company and Ceddo Film and Video Workshop, as well as being "founding father of the BFM media project" as the publisher of Black Filmmaker Magazine (BFM) and creator of BFM International Film Festival.
He is remembered by The Guardian UK
R.I.P. Menelik Shabazz
He was acknowledged as a pioneer in the development of independent Black British cinema, having been at the forefront of contemporary British filmmaking for more than 30 years. He is best known for the 1981 film Burning an Illusion, his first feature. He was also co-founder in the 1980's of Kuumba film production company and Ceddo Film and Video Workshop, as well as being "founding father of the BFM media project" as the publisher of Black Filmmaker Magazine (BFM) and creator of BFM International Film Festival.
He is remembered by The Guardian UK
R.I.P. Menelik Shabazz