500 Years Later
Directed by	Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Produced by	Owen 'Alik Shahadah Ako Oseyaba Mitchell M.K. Asante, Jr.
Written by	M.K. Asante, Jr.
Starring	Kimani Nehusi Molefi Kete Asante Maulana Karenga Muhammad Shareef Paul Robeson, Jr Francis Cress Welsing Amiri Baraka Bill Cosby Hakim Adi Khaleel Muhammad Mighty Gabby M.K. Asante, Jr.
Music by	Tunde Jegede Ocacia
Distributed by	Halaqah Media Distribution Co.
Release date(s)	October 11, 2005
Running time	108 min.
Language	English
Budget	$1 million
IMDb profile

500 Years Later (፭፻-ዓመታት በጓላ) is the title of an independent documentary film directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah, written by M.K. Asante, Jr. released in 2005. It won 4 international film festival awards in the category of Best Documentary, it has been heralded as one of the most powerful African and African-American documentaries of this century^{[citation needed]}. 500 Years Later has received praise as well as controversy, both for the genre of the film (creative documentary), and the social-political impact of the film as it relates to race study. The film opened on February 28, 2005, at the Pan-African Awards (PAFF) and won Best Documentary at its premiere. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... M.K. Asante, Jr. ... M.K. Asante, Jr. ... Molefi Kete Asante (born 1942) is an African-American scholar who has written more than 60 books and 300 scholarly articles. ... Dr. Ron Karenga Dr. Ron Karenga (Maulana Ron Karenga, Maulana Karenga, Ron Ndabezitha Everett-Karenga, Ron N. Everett) is an author and activist best known as the founder of the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa, first celebrated in California, December 26, 1966 to January 1, 1967. ... Frances Cress Welsing (born March 18, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African American psychiatrist and Black supremacist. ... Amiri Baraka was born Everett LeRoi Jones on October 7, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey. ... William Henry Bill Cosby, Jr. ... Dr Hakim Adi (Ph. ... Anthony Mighty Gabby Carter (born March 30, 1948) is a legendary Barbadian calypsonian and the Cultural Ambassador for the island of Barbados. ... M.K. Asante, Jr. ... Tunde Jegede, is a British born musician renown for his repertoires of African Classical Music. ... Ocacia is an international smooth jazz studio and performance group. ... The Signature of Quality & Expression Halaqah Media Group is a multimedia publishing company founded in 1998, located in London, UK. Halaqah Media is a Film Documentary and Feature Film Production and distribution company. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... M.K. Asante, Jr. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Synopsis

Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African descent globally. 500 years later from the onset of slavery and subsequent colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedom. Filmed in five continents, and over twenty countries, 500 Years Later engages the retrospective voice, told from the African vantage-point. Underdevelopment is the state of an organism or of an organisation (e. ... Slave redirects here. ... It has been suggested that Benign colonialism be merged into this article or section. ...

Music: African Classical

This soundtrack offers a glimpse into the worlds and landscapes that make up the music of the African Diaspora. The breadth of this rich cultural legacy that often has to exist within the limited confines of the genres defined and created by others outside of itself. But, it is only when we see this legacy in its entirety that we can begin to appreciate and understand its magnitude and see why it has been, and continues to be, one of the most influential forces within music and culture. A poster of African Reparation, Reconciliation and Restoration Conference The African diaspora is the diaspora created by the movements and cultures of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, to places such as the Americas, (including the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America) Europe and Asia. ...

Cast Note

The cast features key figures from the African American academic world. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...

• Maulana Karenga
• Francis Cress Welsing
• Paul Robeson, Jr
• Andrew Muhammad
• Kimani Nehusi
• Hakim Adi
• M.K. Asante, Jr.
• Molefi Kete Asante
• Muhammed Shareef
• Esther Stanford
• Nelson George
• Bill Cosby (voice only)
• Amiri Baraka

Dr. Ron Karenga Dr. Ron Karenga (Maulana Ron Karenga, Maulana Karenga, Ron Ndabezitha Everett-Karenga, Ron N. Everett) is an author and activist best known as the founder of the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa, first celebrated in California, December 26, 1966 to January 1, 1967. ... Frances Cress Welsing (born March 18, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African American psychiatrist and Black supremacist. ... Dr Hakim Adi (Ph. ... M.K. Asante, Jr. ... Molefi Kete Asante (born 1942) is an African-American scholar who has written more than 60 books and 300 scholarly articles. ... Nelson George Nelson George (b. ... William Henry Bill Cosby, Jr. ... Amiri Baraka was born Everett LeRoi Jones on October 7, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey. ...

Awards and nominations

• 2007 Winner, UNESCO/Zanzibar International Film Festival, "Breaking the Chains" award
• 2007 Nominated, FESPACO, Paul Robeson award "Best of the Diaspora"
• 2005 Winner, Pan-African Film Festival, Best Documentary PAFF
• 2005 Winner, Bridgetown Film Festival, Best Documentary
• 2005 Winner, Berlin Black Film Festival, Best Film
• 2005 Winner, Harlem International Film Festival, Best International Documentary

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Trivia

Title cover using Ge'ez fedel, cover uses Ge'ez numbers which are now rarely used

• The documentary does not use any narration which is rare for a feature length film; it uses the interviewees in a unique way to create a seamless transition from topic to topic
• The film uses a mixture of quotes and statistics, as well as sound bites to support its claims
• '500 Years Later' uses chapters to divide the topics.
• One of the only documentaries made in line with the politics of the African Code.
• The film was the first mainstream Western documentary to use Ge'ez characters for the film title 500 Years Later.'(፭፻-ዓመታት በጓላ)'The script also appears in the trailer and promotional material of the film.
• Features Bill Cosby Pound Cake Speech

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See also

• American Civil Rights Movement (1896-1954)
• American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)
• Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
• African holocaust
• Maafa

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Footnotes

External links

• Official 500 Years Later” homepage
• Halaqah Films Halaqah Media
• 500 Years Later at the Internet Movie Database
• M.K. Asante, Jr. - Official Site