The Black Candle
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The Black Candle is a documentary film about Kwanzaa directed by M. K. Asante and narrated by Maya Angelou.[1] The film premiered on cable television on Starz on November, 2012.
Synopsis
The Black Candle uses Kwanzaa as a vehicle to explore and celebrate the African-American experience.
Narrated by the poet Maya Angelou and directed by author and filmmaker M. K. Asante, The Black Candle is about the struggle and triumph of African-American family, community, and culture.
The documentary traces the holiday’s growth out of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s to its present-day reality.
The movie won the Africa World Documentary Film Festival 2009 award for best full-length documentary.[citation needed]
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- Official website
- M.K. Asante, director - Official Site
- M.K. Asante on CBS Early Show
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Black Candle at IMDb
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