Director

Menelik Shabazz

Directing

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 1056317

IMDb ID: nm0787066

Known for: Directing

Born: May 30, 1954

Died: June 28, 2021

Age: 67

Place of birth: Saint John, Barbados

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1977 - 2017

Years active: 41

Wikidata: Q22006834

Frequent jobs

Director (8)Production Manager (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

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 for more than 30 years.

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