Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary

Synopsis

"Director Yolande du Luart had been involved in Lettrist circles in France before decamping for California to study film at UCLA, where her classmates included Charles Burnett and Haile Gerima. During this time, UCLA professor Angela Davis was a subject of increasing scrutiny after coming out as a Communist, provoking the ire of administrators and governor Ronald Reagan. Believing that Davis would be an ideal film subject, du Luart immediately began making a documentary, though she would ultimately return to France to complete the project after receiving unwanted attention from the FBI. “Over the course of events,” writes Nicole Brenez, “this appreciative and sensitive portrait of a politically engaged philosopher had been transformed into a call for the liberation of an imprisoned activist and an internationalist revolutionary manifesto.”" - Film at Lincoln Center

Main Cast

Angela Davis

Self

Age : 80 | Popularity : 7%

Jane Fonda

Self

Age : 86 | Popularity : 17%

George Jackson

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Mae Mercer Yolande du Luart
Sound	Sound	Nancy Dowd
Editing	Editor	Jacqueline Meppiel Maryse Siclier
Camera	Director of Photography	Roger Andrieux Yolande du Luart Brogan De Paor Vincent Dyer
Directing	Director	Yolande du Luart
Writing	Writer	Yolande du Luart
Department	Role	Name

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