500 Years Later (2005)
Until lions tell their story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
106 min
Why do drugs, crime, HIV, poor education, inferiority complexes, low expectations, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plague people of African descent around the world? Why, 500 years after the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, do Africans still struggle for basic freedom? Filmed in more than twenty countries across five continents, 500 YEARS LATER examines the atrocities that uprooted Africans from their cultures and homeland. Infused with the spirit and music of liberation, it chronicles the struggle of a people who fight for the most essential human right: freedom.
- Release date
- February 24, 2005
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
- Budget
- $1,000,000
Cast
- Kolfi Adu as Self - African Storyteller
- Sona Jobarteh as Self - Kora Player
- Hunter Adams III as Self - Neuroscientist
- Hakim Adi as Self - Historian
- Toyin Agbetu as Self - Ligali Media
- Mukasa Afrika as Self - Teacher at Lotus Academy
- Ras Kumasi as Self - Afruika Bantu School Teacher
- Adisa Alkebulan as Self - Lecturer
- Molefi Kete Asante as Self - Professor Temple University
- Afrar Afriyea as Self - Afruika Bantu Saturday School
Crew
- Owen Alik Shahadah · Director
- M.K. Asante · Writer
- Ako Mitchell · Producer
- Owen Alik Shahadah · Producer
- Tunde Jegede · Composer
- Ocacia · Composer
- Owen Alik Shahadah · Cinematographer
- Fatou Jadama · Editor
- Mirak Qul Karim · Editor
- Owen Alik Shahadah · Editor