Motherland (2010)
Africa as you have never seen it
Fusing history, culture, politics, and contemporary issues, Motherland sweeps across Africa to tell a new story of a dynamic continent. From the glory and majesty of Africa's past through its complex history. Africa as you have never seen it.
- Date of release
- 2010-02-23
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Owen 'Alik Shahadah
Casting
- Molefi Kete Asante — Self
- Harry Belafonte — Self
- Maulana Karenga — Self
- Ali Mazrui — Self
- Jacob Zuma — Self
- Barack Obama — Self
- Esther Stanford — Self
- Hakim Quick — Self
- Floyd Webb — Self
- Malcolm X — Self (archive footage)
- Kwame Nkrumah — Self (archive footage)
- Amílcar Cabral — Self (archive footage)
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Zimbabwe and Egypt
Motherland is a 2010 independent documentary film directed and written by Owen 'Alik Shahadah. Motherland is the sequel to the 2005 documentary 500 Years Later.
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