Menelik Shabazz
Directing · Director · Writer · Producer
Born May 30, 1954 · Saint John, Barbados
Active 1977–2021
Menelik Shabazz was a Barbados-born British film director, producer, educator, and writer, acknowledged as a pioneer in the development of independent Black British cinema, having been at the forefront of contemporary British filmmaking…
Filmography
Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile (1988) — Director · WriterBurning an Illusion (1981) — Director · WriterThe Story of Lovers Rock (2011) — DirectorBlood Ah Go Run (1982) — Director · ProducerBritain on Film: Black Britain (2017) — Director · ProducerLooking for Love (2015) — DirectorPharaohs Unveiled (2019) — DirectorThe Hand of Ken (2020) — DirectorCatch a Fire (1996) — Writer · DirectorStep Forward Youth (1977) — Director · Writer · ProducerBreaking Point – The Sus Law Controversy (1978) — DirectorThe Peoples Account (1986) — Production Manager