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Welcome to my collection of films about the black experience spanning over 35 years. Join my newsletter to keep in touch with my latest work, offers, screenings, events and also opportunities to participate in my future projects.
I am currently raising funds to make my new TV series HEAT, a Barbados based dramatic thriller. I am also completing my latest documentary Pharaohs Unveiled, due for release in Spring 2019.
You can now stream and download my films and videos from Vimeo.
Feel free to contact me through social media, by email info@menelikshabazz.co.uk or drop me a line through my website if you’d like to work together, help with raising funds to complete projects or to organize a screening for your group or community.
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Menelik Shabazz
Menelik Shabazz
Filmmaker
Menelik Shabazz is an Award winning UK film director, producer, and writer – a key pioneer in the development of contemporary black British cinema. Born in St. John, Barbados, he is known for a number of films including Burning An Illusion, Catch A Fire, The Story of Lovers Rock, Looking for Love and many others. He is also founder of Sunra Studios, cofounder of CEDDO film collective; bfmmedia, a groundbreaking black filmmakers magazine and the bfm International Black Film Festival based in the UK
HEAT
This is the first TV pilot for a Barbados based drama directed by Menelik Shabazz. The pilot is available to buy or rent on Vimeo
Looking for Love
An awardwinning film about love and relationships between black British women and men. Available to buy or rent on Vimeo
Pharaohs Unveiled
A new documentary exploring the spirituality of the Kemetians and the power of the ancestral world. Using channelling as a vehicle and force for transformation of self and community towards unimaginable worlds and possibilities for the human race.
Burning An Illusion
A Classic Black British Film
from The Menelik Shabazz Collection