The tumultuous life of the controversial 1960s black revolutionary (and convicted murderer) Michael X is illustrated by a kaleidoscopic melding of sound and images. The radically discordant free jazz soundtrack provides a surreal counterpoint to the mix of newsreel and staged footage in this exhilarating experiment in documentary storytelling.
John Akomfrah
Director, Writer
Caroline Burghard
Faith
Treva Etienne
Sidney
Ruth Gemmell
Abigail
Caroline Lee-Johnson
Naomi
Kwabena Manso
Louis
Ian Reddington
Jack
Cassie McFarlane
Millie
Jay Villiers
Dominic
Mo Sesay
Simmi
Western Stars70%
The Up in Smoke Tour76%
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon81%
The Class of ‘9271%
Van Gogh: Painted with Words73%
Sidney70%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Everybody’s Everything84%
Tyson68%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
David Bowie: Five Years75%
Directed by John Ford70%
Justin Bieber's Believe69%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert82%
Bad 2572%
Love, Antosha74%
Sympathy for the Devil62%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Junun72%
