Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

"Bold. Charismatic. Controversial."

2001 1h 20m EN

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 2

Documentary

Synopsis

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Marcus Garvey: Look for me in the Whirlwind uses a wealth of archival film, photographs and documents to uncover the story of this Jamaican immigrant, who between 1916 and 1921 built the largest black mass movement in world history. It explores Garvey’s dramatic successes and failures before his fall into obscurity. Among the film’s most powerful sequences are interviews with people who were part of the Garvey movement decades ago. These interviews communicate the appeal of Garvey’s revolutionary ideas to a generation of African Americans, and reveal how he invested hundreds and thousands of black men and women with a newfound sense of pride.

“Bold. Charismatic. Controversial.”

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Cast

Robert Hill
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Marcus Garvey Jr.
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Rupert Lewis
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Winston James
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Barbara Bair
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John Rousseau
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Estelle James
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Clarence Walker
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stanley Nelson
Writers: Marcia Smith
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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80 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Lewis Erskine shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Robert Hill and Marcus Garvey Jr. and Rupert Lewis carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 7

ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Bold. Charismatic. Controversial.".

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0411630 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Stanley Nelson directs. Lewis Erskine cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Editor Lewis Erskine shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Robert Hill and Marcus Garvey Jr. and Rupert Lewis carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Bold. Charismatic. Controversial.".
6IMDB entry: tt0411630 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.