Death of a Prophet 1981  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woodie King Jr.
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Yolanda King, Mansoor Najeeullah, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Ossie Davis, Sam Singleton, Yusef Iman, Sonny Jim Gaines, Charles Griffin, Kirk Kirksey, Yuri Kochiyama, Amiri Baraka
Using newsreel footage and interviews to supplement Morgan Freeman's portrayal of "The Prophet Minister," this film is loosely based on a day in the life of activist Malcolm X. He knows that he is a marked man, but he continues to go about his day-to-day activities.
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Selma, Lord, Selma 1999 TV, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Burnett
Cast: Mackenzie Astin, Jurnee Smollett, Stephanie Zandra Peyton, Clifton Powell, Ella Joyce, Yolanda King, Elizabeth Omilami, Afemo Omilami, Brett Rice, Tom Nowicki, Zach Rogers, Von Coulter
After listening to Martin Luther King Jr. (Clifton Powell) speak during 1965 in Alabama, 11-year-old Sheyann Webb (Jurnee Smollett) and her best friend, Rachel West (Stephanie Zandra Payton), join the Civil Rights Movement. Despite racial violence permeating their world, the girls persevere in support of Dr. King and join him on the march from Selma to Montgomery.
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| 1. Death of a Prophet (1981)
2. Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
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