Revolutions are never fought by turning the other cheek

October 25, 2018 2:00 PM

Black Liberation by Édouard de Laurot (1967, 37m)

Made with the direct participation of Malcolm X and narrated by Ossie Davis, this work of political cinema offers an intense, incendiary vision of black revolution across America. A forgotten masterpiece from radical filmmaker, theorist and founder of Cinéma Éngagé, Édouard de Laurot.

Suppressed in its initial release within the USA, the film went on to attain international recognition both as an artistic triumph and as a work of authentic political acuity and power.

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posted by edeezy (2 comments total)

Well that was intense. Toward the end it had that 70s sci fi finality. A rolling ocean and pronouncements about the dangers that lay ahead.
posted by cashman at 3:41 PM on October 25, 2018

How can we live with you in the same world before you have understood that there may be no world anymore, unless you yourself have been first freed from what has enslaved you, unless you have first understood that mankind is what this first revolution is and that our fight is not merely for more bread, but for a different taste of bread in man's mouth.

Prophetic.
posted by sjswitzer at 10:03 PM on October 25, 2018