John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
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St Clair Bourne
John Henrik Clarke
Wesley Snipes
Chris Flore
Kimiko Jackson
Kipper Jones
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Controversial scholar and activist John Henrik Clarke first appeared on the Harlem scene in the 1930's. He was an advisor to Kwame Nrumah, the first president of Ghana, a confidant of Malcolm X in the 1960s and evolved as the leading proponent of an Afrocentric view of history and culture. A vocal critic of Eurocentric education, Clarke designed the Black and Puerto Rican Studies program at the City University of New York and until his retirement was an influential professor at Hunter College. Clarke continues to stir heated debate in and outside the African-American community for his Pan-African ideology, his criticism of Louis Farrakhan, and his description of Martin Luther King's non-violent philosophy as "a good tactic but not a way of life."
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St Clair Bourne
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Winner of Best Documentary at the 1997 Urbanworld Film Festival.
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States August 1997
Released in United States January 1997
Released in United States October 1996
Released in United States on Video December 1997
Released in United States September 1996
Shown at Carthage International Film Festival in Tunisia October 11-20, 1996.
Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City September 15-22, 1996.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 16-26, 1997.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 5-14, 1996.
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 16-26, 1997.)
Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival (in competition) in New York City (Guild 50 Theater) August 20-24, 1997.
Recipient of the Reel Black award at the 1996 annual awards ceremony of the Black Film and Video Network of Canada.
Broadcast in USA over Sundance Channel as part of month-long series "Representing Soul" August 9, 1999.
Released in United States August 1997 (Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival (in competition) in New York City (Guild 50 Theater) August 20-24, 1997.)
Released in United States September 1996 (Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City September 15-22, 1996.)
Released in United States September 1996 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 5-14, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Carthage International Film Festival in Tunisia October 11-20, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video December 1997
