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Owen 'Alik Shahadah is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer born on 1 january 1973 at Hanover (German)
Owen 'Alik Shahadah (born 1973) (Arabic: اليك شحادة) is a director, African writer, and scholar. He specializes in African culture, African slavery, and the Arab slave trade. 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 England, New York, and the Caribbean, Shahadah is of a new generation of African Diaspora filmmakers inspired by the likes of Malcolm X and Kwame Ture. He produces work that articulates a multidimensional African world perspective. Testimony to this is 500 Years Later and Motherland (film). As a cultural writer he is a leading critic of the terms black people and Sub-Saharan Africa, he states they are products of racism to undermine African history and cultural contributions. He argues for greater African agency and economic empowerment.
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Filmography of Owen 'Alik Shahadah (4 films)
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Motherland (2010)
, 1h58Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Harry Belafonte, Abdulkadir Ahmed Said
Rating82%
Motherland is an epic documentary about the African continent from Ancient Egypt to the present. It is an overview of African history and contemporary issues but with the African people at the centre of the story. It is one of the first Pan-African features to be made.
Idea (2007)
, 11minutesDirected by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy-drama
Rating76%
Our Story Our Voice (2007)
, 1h17Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Themes Documentary films about politics, Political films
Rating68%
500 Years Later (2005)
, 1h48Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Bill Cosby, M. K. Asante, Nelson George
Rating68%
The film visits five continents, and over twenty countries while charting the legacy of slavery and identifies a direct, or indirect link to crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectations, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment to African people globally.
Scriptwriter
Motherland (2010)
, 1h58Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Harry Belafonte, Abdulkadir Ahmed Said
Rating82%
Motherland is an epic documentary about the African continent from Ancient Egypt to the present. It is an overview of African history and contemporary issues but with the African people at the centre of the story. It is one of the first Pan-African features to be made.
Idea (2007)
, 11minutesDirected by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy-drama
Rating76%
Our Story Our Voice (2007)
, 1h17Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Themes Documentary films about politics, Political films
Rating68%
500 Years Later (2005)
, 1h48Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Bill Cosby, M. K. Asante, Nelson George
Rating68%
The film visits five continents, and over twenty countries while charting the legacy of slavery and identifies a direct, or indirect link to crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectations, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment to African people globally.
Producer
500 Years Later (2005)
, 1h48Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Bill Cosby, M. K. Asante, Nelson George
Roles Producer
Rating68%
The film visits five continents, and over twenty countries while charting the legacy of slavery and identifies a direct, or indirect link to crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectations, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment to African people globally.