The Black Candle
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| Directed by | M. K. Asante |
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M. K. Asante Ben Haaz Kenny Gamble Walter Lomax |
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M. K. Asante Maya Angelou (poetry) |
| Starring |
Maya Angelou Chuck D Dead Prez Kiri Davis Ursula Rucker Jim Brown Haki Madhubuti |
| Narrated by | Maya Angelou |
| Music by | Nnenna Freelon, Derrick Hodge, Robert Glasper, Chris Dave |
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71 minutes |
| Language | English |
The Black Candle is a documentary film about Kwanzaa directed by M. K. Asante and narrated by Maya Angelou. The film premiered on cable television on Starz on November, 2012.
The Black Candle uses Kwanzaa as a vehicle to explore and celebrate the African-American experience.
Narrated by the poet Maya Angelou and directed by author and filmmaker M. K. Asante, The Black Candle is about the struggle and triumph of African-American family, community, and culture.
The documentary traces the holiday’s growth out of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s to its present-day reality.
The movie won the Africa World Documentary Film Festival 2009 award for best full-length documentary.
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