Information
| Year: | 2005 |
| Rating: | 7.1(88) |
| Listed in: | Documentary |
| Directed by: | Owen Alik Shahadah |
| Actors: | Kolfi Adu Hunter Adams III Hakim Adi Toyin Agbetu Mukasa Afrika Sona Jobarteh |
| "Until lions tell their story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Owen Alik Shahadah | |
| Actors | |
| Kolfi Adu | as Himself - African Storyteller |
| Hunter Adams III | as Himself - Neuroscientist |
| Hakim Adi | as Himself - Historian |
| Toyin Agbetu | as Himself - Ligali Media |
| Mukasa Afrika | as Himself - Teacher at Lotus Academy |
| Ras Kumasi | as Himself - Afruika Bantu School Teacher |
| Adisa Alkebulan | as Himself - Lecturer |
| Molefi Kete Asante | as Himself - Professor Temple University |
| Afrar Afriyea | as Himself - Afruika Bantu Saturday School |
| M.K. Asante Jr. | as Himself - Writer |
| Amiri Baraka | as Himself - Poet and Activist |
| David Commissiong | as Himself - Pan-African Affairs Barbados |
| Kevin Farmer | as Himself - Barbadian Historian |
| Mighty Gabby | as Himself - Barbadian Cultural Ambassador |
| Nelson George | as Himself - Playwright |
| David Hutchinson | as Himself - CEO Pan-Grove Inc. |
| Junkung Jobarteh | as Himself - University of the Gambia |
| Dumar Johnson | as Himself - 'Mayor of Germantown' |
| Maulana Karenga | as Himself - Founder of Kwanzaa |
| Gary Lewars | as Himself - Musician |
| Abdul Malik | as Himself - Vendor |
| Abdullah Malik | as Himself - Vendor |
| Trevor Marshall | as Himself - Barbadian Historian |
| Andrew Muhammad | as Himself - Author of 'Hidden History' |
| Khaleel Muhammad | as Himself - CEO Skyborn Media |
| Kimani Nehusi | as Himself - University of East London |
| Isaac Osei | as Himself - High Commissioner of Ghana |
| Pablo Imani | as Himself - Creative Artist |
| Paul Robeson Jr. | as Himself - Civil Rights Activist |
| Wilfred D. Samuels | as Himself - Professor Utah University |
| Shaykh Muhammad Shareef | as Himself - Sankore Institute |
| Chris Thomas | as Himself - Entrepreneur |
| Tukufu Zuberi | as Himself - Director of African Studies |
| Umar Sayeed Kimaryo | as Himself - Zanzibar Slave Tours, East Africa |
| Kohain Nathanya Halevi | as Himself - Executive Secretary of the Panafest Foundation |
| Prince Ras Nana | as Himself - Grenadian Rastafarian Spiritual Leader |
| Andrew Mitchell | as Himself - Chicago Community Activist |
| Malcolm X | as Himself |
| Marcus Garvey | as Himself |
| Bill Cosby | as Himself |
| Steve Martin | as Himself - Historian and Author of 'Britain's Slave Trade' |
| Samuel Hay | as Himself - Professor Lafayette College |
| Kofi Opoku | as Himself - Director of African Studies, Lafayette College |
| Dider Le'Mon | as Himself - Musician |
| Actresses | |
| Sona Jobarteh | as Herself - Kora Player |
| Sister Aya | as Herself - Afruika Bantu Saturday School |
| Asher Hoyles | as Herself - Teacher and Writer |
| Mahlet Marigue | as Herself - Ethiopian Worker |
| Hiba Muhammad | as Herself - Somali Help Group |
| Nicole Devereux | as Herself - Attorney at Law |
| Ife Planke | as Herself - Creative Artist |
| Sarjo Sanyang | as Herself - Student - University of the Gambia |
| Esther Stanford | as Herself - Quest for Justice |
| Shakeeta Sturden | as Herself - Student |
| Ina Walter | as Herself - Lotus Academy |
| Dr. Francis Cress Welsing | as Herself - Behavioural Scientist |
| Helena Woodard | as Herself - Historian |
| Angella Montoute | as Herself - Filmmaker |
| Sandra Richards | as Herself - Co-founder of Education Africa Teaching |
| Yvonne Robinson | as Herself - Arts Council - London |
| Annabelle Adams | as Herself - Teacher - Afruika Bantu Saturday School - UK |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 5 February 2002 - 22 May 2004 |
| Budget: | USD 1,000,000 |
| Plot: | Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African descent globally - Why? 500 years later from the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedom-Why? Filmed in five continents, and over twenty countries, 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. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Tear for the World" Performed by Ocacia Written by Owen Alik Shahadah (as Owen Shahadah) & Nadia Kanouche Courtesy of Souljazzfunk.com "Absent Sun" Performed by Ocacia Written by Owen Alik Shahadah (as Owen Shahadah) Courtesy of Souljazzfunk.com "Like Water Running Off My Back" Performed by Ocacia featuring M.K. Asante Jr. Written by Owen Alik Shahadah (as Owen Shahadah) and M.K. Asante Jr. Courtesy of Souljazzfunk.com "If I..." Performed by Ocacia Written by Owen Alik Shahadah (as Owen Shahadah) & Sona Jobarteh (as Maya Jobarteh) Lyrics by Owen Alik Shahadah (uncredited) Courtesy of Souljazzfunk.com "Maafa" Performed by Ocacia featuring Mamedi Kamara Courtesy of Souljazzfunk.com Opening Theme "Menon Ba" Performed by Sona Jobarteh (as Maya Jobarteh) Composed by Tunde Jegede and Wali Cham Jobarteh Courtesy of ACM Productions "Legacy" Performed by Wali Cham Jobarteh & Tunde Jegede Composed by Wali Cham Jobarteh Courtesy of ACM Productions "Timeless Motion" Performed by Kasse Mady Diabate with the African Classical Music Ensemble Composed by Tunde Jegede Courtesy of ACM Productions "Tragedy" Performed by Kasse Mady Diabate with New World Renaissance Orchestra Composed by Tunde Jegede Courtesy of ACM Productions "Path of Initiation" Performed by the Tunde Jegede Ensemble with members of Adzido Dance Co. Composed by Tunde Jegede Courtesy of ACM Productions "Lifesaver" Performed by HKB FiNN and Sona Jobarteh (as Maya Jobarteh) Composed by HKB FiNN and Sona Jobarteh (as Maya Jobarteh) Courtesy of Alter-Native Studios "Women of Africa" Performed by Oumou Sangare with the African Classical Music Ensemble Composed by Tunde Jegede Courtesy of ACM Productions "No Difference" Performed by Dellfox featuring Mpho Skeef Composed by Tunde Jegede Courtesy of ACM Productions "Lamentation" Performed by London Sinfonietta (as The London Sinfonietta) Composed by Tunde Jegede Triciom Records "Inayity" Performed by Ocacia Written by Owen Alik Shahadah (as Owen Shahadah) Courtesy of Souljazzfunk.com "Mercy Like Rain" Performed by Ocacia featuring Bosha Kamara Written by Owen Alik Shahadah (as Owen Shahadah) and Bosha Kamara Courtesy of Souljazzfunk.com "Mampama Timotei" Performed by Abdul Tee Jay Courtesy of Joyful Noise "Cee o Ley Ley" Performed by Abdul Tee Jay Courtesy of Joyful Noise "I tried to love you" Performed by Yusuf Ahmad Written by Yusuf Ahmad "Ancient Rites" Performed by Mamedi Kamara "How Dare I" Performed by Poppyseed Written by Angela Harvey Courtesy of Poppyseed "Emerton" Performed by Mighty Gabby (as Gabby) Written by Mighty Gabby (as Gabby) Courtesy of Ice records |
Quotes
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Maulana Karenga: The other thing they try to do is make us responsible for our own enslavement. And here they collapse three kinds of people: perpetrators, collaborators and victims. You can't do that!" Maulana Karenga: Not just burning some small, thatched roof houses but destroying towns, cities, villages, great works of art, great literature's and the people that made that art and literature! Songs we would never hear! Histories we would never know! Art we would never see! Because the European had the capacity to destroy and didn't have the moral restraint not to Dr. Kimani Nehusi: To take somebody away by force; away from their community; is one of the most savage acts you could think about doing. And we can't forget that Dr. Kimani Nehusi: After the legal termination of physical enslavement, which many of us mistake for emancipation, Europeans continue to want to dominate and control Africa. By then, they had already put in place mental enslavement |
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