Menelik Shabazz
Directing
May 30, 1954
Died at age 67
June 28, 2021
Date of Death
Saint John, Barbados
Biography
Menelik Shabazz was a Barbados-born British film director, producer, educator, and writer, acknowledged as a pioneer in the development of independent Black British cinema, having been at the forefront of contemporary British filmmaking for more than 30 years.