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Motherland 
Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah Produced by - Betelihem Zelealem
Written by Owen 'Alik Shahadah Starring - Kimani Nehusi
- Molefi Kete Asante
- Maulana Karenga
- Wangari Maathai
- Mohamed Ibn Chambas
- Francis Cress Welsing
- Amiri Baraka
- Hakim Adi
- Meles Zenawi
- Jacob Zuma
- Adama Samassekou
- Haki R. Madhubuti
Music by - Sona Jobarteh
- Ocacia
Distributed by Halaqah Media Distribution Co. Release date(s) February 11, 2010 Running time 118 minutes Country United States Language Budget $2.5 million Motherland (እናት ሀገር ʿenathager) is a 2010 independent documentary film directed and written by Owen 'Alik Shahadah.[1] Motherland is the sequel to the multiaward winning film 500 Years Later.
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Synopsis
Motherland is an epic documentary about the African continent from Ancient Kemet to the present. It is an overview of African history and contemporary issues but with the African people at the centre of the story. It is one of the first Pan-African features to be made.
Awards
- 2011 Motherland (film) | Nominated Best Diaspora Documentary African Movie Academy Award (2011)[2]
- Best Documentary Zanzibar International Film Festival (2010)[3]
- Best Board of directors award for Documentary Pan-African Film Festival (2010)[4]
Cast
The cast features key figures from the African political world.
- Barack Obama stock footage from visit to Africa
- Harry Belafonte[5]
- 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, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
- David Commissiong
- Ali Mazrui
- Mohamed Ibn Chambas, President of the 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, ANC
- Hakim Quick
- Didymus Mutasa, ZANU-PF
- Abune Paulos, Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Church
- Esther Stanford
- Kwesi Kwaa Prah
- S'bu Ndebele
- Ali Moussa Iye
- Adama Samassékou
- Desmond Tutu (deleted by directors)
5.1 surround
Motherland is one of the only African documentaries to be mixed in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround. A technology which is usually associated with Hollywood big production films. The producers claim to have innovated a new way of mixing music in 5.1 for film which they call split positioning.[6]
Tutu interview
The director and producers decided to remove all interviews with Desmond Tutu after his negative remarks regarding Zimbabwe and the ANC split.[7] Tutu does appear in one film Our Story Our Voice by the same director.
See also
- Afrocentrism
- African History
- African holocaust
- Maafa
References
- ^ British Council
- ^ [1]
- ^ Motherland wins Best Documentary at ZIFF 2010
- ^ Motherland wins at PAFF 2010
- ^ Motherland Filming photo Shahadah and Belafonte
- ^ Motherland trivia
- ^ "Tutu on Zimbabwe". "BBC". December 5, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7766657.stm. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
External links
Categories:- 2010 films
- American films
- African culture
- African cinema
- Independent films
- Race-related films
- Films set in Africa
- English-language films
- Amharic-language films
- African American documentaries
- 2010s documentary films
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