This video chronicles the life and times of the noted African-American historian, scholar and Pan-African activist John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998). Both a biography of Clarke himself and an overview of 5,000 years of African history, the film offers a provocative look at the past through the eyes of a leading proponent of an Afrocentric view of history. From ancient Egypt and Africa’s other great empires, Clarke moves through Mediterranean borrowings, the Atlantic slave trade, European colonization, the development of the Pan-African movement, and present-day African-American history.
It was advertised as “The first motion picture based on historical facts about the rise and revolt of slavery in America.” It became one of the most reviled and misunderstood films of its time.
Written, edited, produced and directed by Jacopetti & Prosperi
This epic recreation of the American slave trade atrocities was both condemned as depraved exploitation and acclaimed as an unprecedented cry of Black anguish and rage.
The Detroit Chronicle hailed it as “a graphic, moving, nerve-paralyzing film.”
Legendary film critic Pauline Kael called it “the most specific and rabid incitement of the race war.”
Three decades cannot diminish GOODBYE UNCLE TOM’s impact or quiet its controversy.
This is the complete 123-minute English version of GOODBYE UNCLE TOM, fully restored from the original vault negatives
Presented totally uncut, uncensored, and virtually unseen since its abortive theatrical release more than 30 years ago.
You Will Not Believe What You’re Watching.
It Makes ROOTS Look Like An Episode Of THE JEFFERSONS
On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that claimed the life of a white state trooper. Long a target of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to defame, infiltrate and criminalize Black nationalist organizers and their leaders, Shakur was incarcerated for four years prior to her conviction on flimsy evidence in 1977 as an accomplice to murder.
