500 Years Later: Directors Cut [2005] [DVD]

Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African decent globally – Why? 500 years later from the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedom–Why?

500 YEARS LATER is a critically acclaimed multi-award winning documentary filmed in five continents, 500 Years Later engages the authentic retrospective voice, told from the African vantage-point of those whom history has sought to silence by examining the collective atrocities that uprooted Africans from their culture and homeland.

500 Years Later is a timeless compelling journey, infused with the spirit and music of liberation that chronicles the struggle of a people who have fought and continue to fight for the most essential human right – freedom.

Crime, poor education, poverty, self-hatred, prison system, broken homes plague people of African descent globally Why? Filmed in over twenty countries and on five continents, 500 Years Later is a compelling journey, infused with the spirit and music of liberation, that chronicles the struggle of a people from enslavement who continue to fight for the most essential human right - freedom. 500 Years Later , is an epic multi-award winning documentary directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah and written/produced by M.K. Asante , Jr.

DISCLAIMER ON WORD USAGE The term "Black" (capitalized), as used in this documentary, refers to the reactionary political term employed in the 1960's. We however do not accept it as a racial classification of the African family. African, is the legitimate label as it relates to the indigenous people of the African continent and those in the Diaspora. The race-nationality model, African-Caribbean, etc, more accurately describes our identity and fully articulates our historical and geo-political legacy. We also do not accept racist words such as tribe, Sub-Saharan Africa, or black Africa.

UNESCO's Breaking the Chains Award, worth USD 10,000, to "film-makers who dare to speak the unspeakable" was won by the film, 500 Years Later, produced in 2005 by Owen Alik Shahadah, from USA. --http://allafrica.com/stories/200707130970.html

"500 Years Later retells history from an African point of view"

"Until Lions tells their tale, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter"- African proverb

Crime, poor education, poverty, self-hatred, prison system, broken homes plague people of African decent globally – Why?

Filmed in over twenty countries and on five continents, 500 Years Later is a compelling journey, infused with the spirit and music of liberation, that chronicles the struggle of a people from enslavement who continue to fight for the most essential human right - freedom.

500 Years Later , is an epic multi-award winning documentary directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah and written/produced by M.K. Asante , Jr.

Author, psychiatrist. Cook County Hospital, intern, 1962-63; St. Elizabeth Hospital, resident in general psychiatry, 1963-66; Children's Hospital, fellowship child psychiatry, 1966-68; private practice in general psychiatry, Washington, DC, 1966--, and general and child psychiatry, Washington, DC, 1968 --; Howard University College of Medicine, assistant professor of pediatrics, 1968-75; Hillcrest Children's Center, clinical director, 1975-76; affiliated with Paul Robeson School for Growth and Development, North Community Mental Health Center, Washington, DC, 1976-90.

Owen Alik Shahadah is a director, African academic, writer, musician, photographer and music producer. He is best known for authoring works, which deal with African history, social justice, environmental issues, education and world peace. Born in Hanover, Germany and educated in both England and the Caribbean, Shahadah is of a new generation of African Diaspora filmmakers inspired by the likes of Ousmane Sembène and Haile Gerima. He produces work that articulates a multidimensional African world perspective. Testimony to this is 500 Years Later and his new production MOTHERLAND. He is a critic of the terms black people and Sub-Saharan Africa, he states they are products of racism to undermine African history and cultural contributions.

STARRING:

Dr. Maulana Karenga. Dr. Francis Cress Welsing. Paul Robeson, Jr. Issac Ossei. Dr. Kimani Nehusi. Sonia Sanchez. Amira Baraka. Desmond Tutu. Dr. Hakim Adi. Dr. Tufuku Zuberi. Dr. Molefi K Asante. Dr. Helena Woodard. Shaykh Muhammad Shareef . Andrew Muhammad. Trevor Marshall. David Comminsong. Nelson George. The Might Gabby.