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Motherland (2010 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Motherland' ( ') is a 2010 independent documentary film directed and written by Owen 'Alik Shahadah.[http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=56847625055941DD18vpx401CA1C British Council] 'Motherland' is the sequel to the 2005 documentary '500 Years Later'.
Synopsis
'Motherland' is a documentary about the African continent from Ancient Egypt to the present. It is an overview of African history and contemporary issues but with the African people at the centre of the story.
Awards
* 2011 Nominated Best Diaspora Documentary African Movie Academy Award (2011)[http://www.ama-awards.com/amaa-nominees-and-winners-2011 AMAA Nominees and Winners 2011], AMA Awards website
* Best Documentary Zanzibar International Film Festival (2010)[http://www.ziff.or.tz/2010/winners Motherland wins Best Documentary at ZIFF 2010]
* Best Board of directors award for Documentary Pan-African Film Festival (2010)[http://www.paff.org/2010/02/2010-paff-filmmaker-awards/ Motherland wins at PAFF 2010]
Cast
The cast features key figures from the African political world.
*Barack Obama stock footage from visit to Africa
*Harry Belafonte
*Rohan Marley, son of Bob Marley and member of the Rastafari Movement
*Amiri Baraka
*Abdulkadir Ahmed Said, Somali filmmaker
*Maulana Karenga
*Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa
*Frances Cress Welsing
*Molefi Kete Asante
*Kimani Nehusi
*Chen Chimutengwende, Minister of Information and Publicity Zimbabwe
* Omowale Clay
*Meles Zenawi, late Prime Minister of Ethiopia
*David Commissiong
*Ali Mazrui
*Mohamed Ibn Chambas, President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission
*Haki R. Madhubuti
*Hakim Adi
*Nicole Lee, TransAfrica Forum
*Tsedenia Gebremarkos
*Zanele Hlatshwayo, Mayor of Pietermaritzburg
*Gamal Nkrumah, son of Ghana's first President Kwame Nkrumah
*Jeff Radebe, African National Congress
*Hakim Quick
*Didymus Mutasa, ZANU-PF
*Abune Paulos, Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Church
*Esther Stanford
*Kwesi Kwaa Prah
*S'bu Ndebele
*Ali Moussa Iye, UNESCO
*Adama Samasskou
*Desmond Tutu (deleted by directors)
5.1 surround
Motherland is mixed in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround.
See also
* Pan-Africanism
* African history
* African holocaust
* Maafa
* List of films featuring slavery
References
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