500 Years Later
Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African descent globally - Why? 500 years later from the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedom-Why? Filmed in five continents, and over twenty countries, 500 Years Later engages the authentic retrospective voice, told from the African vantage-point of those whom history has sought to silence by examining the collective atrocities that uprooted Africans from their culture and homeland. 500 Years Later is a timeless compelling journey, infused with the spirit and music of liberation that chronicles the struggle of a people who have fought and continue to fight for the most essential human right - freedom.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Released
- 2005
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
Details
Release year: 2005
Storyline
Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African descent globally - Why? 500 years later from the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedom-Why? Filmed in five continents, and over twenty countries, 500 Years Later engages the authentic retrospective voice, told from the African vantage-point of those whom history has sought to silence by examining the collective atrocities that uprooted Africans from their culture and homeland. 500 Years Later is a timeless compelling journey, infused with the spirit and music of liberation that chronicles the struggle of a people who have fought and continue to fight for the most essential human right - freedom.
Top credits
- Kolfi Adu — Self - African Storyteller
- Sona Jobarteh — Self - Kora Player
- Hunter Adams III — Self - Neuroscientist
- Hakim Adi — Self - Historian
Did you know
• California Newsreel who applauded the approach said "While we applaud your effort to present African and African American history in a new and more favorable light, we think that your innovative techniques and broad scope are too radical for our largely academic market." The film is now a standard in most American universities.
• One of the largest screenings in film history occurred when this movie was shown at the Million More Movement in Washington, D.C., on 15 October 2005.
• Bill Cosby's infamous "Pound Cake speech" appears in the film as audio set to images.
User reviews
Powerful! Should be required viewing for all black children—or any black person
500 YEARS LATER- A film of the century
Good Work
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
