Motherland (2009/I)

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Director:

Owen Alik Shahadah

Writer:

Owen Alik Shahadah (written by)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Africa as you have never seen it

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Africa | Egypt | African American | Ancient World | Race Film

Cast

Hakim Adi	...	Himself
Molefi Kete Asante	...	Himself
Amiri Baraka	...	Himself
Harry Belafonte	...	Himself
Tony Browder	...	Himself
Zweli Buthekzi	...	Zulu Dancer
Ngcebo Cele	...	Zulu dancer
Sibongiseni Chamane	...	Enslaved African 2
Mohammad Ibn Chambas	...	Himself
Omowale Clay	...	Himself
David Commissiong	...	Himself
James Early	...	Himself
Tsedenia Gebremarkos	...	Herself
Rabbi Kohain Nathanya Halevi
Ali Moussa Iye	...	Himself
Maulana Karenga	...	Himself
Nicole Lee	...	Herself
Wangari Maathai	...	Herself
Lindiwe Mabuza	...	Herself
Haki R. Madhubuti	...	Himself
Ntando Mahlaba	...	Enslaved African girl 2
Rohan Marley	...	Himself
Ali Mazrui	...	Himself
Sizwe Mkhize	...	Enslaved African 3
Didymus Mutasa	...	Himself
Joel Sibusiso Ndebele	...	Himself
Dr. Kimani Nehusi	...	Himself
Sangiwe Ngcobo	...	Enslaved African girl 1
Musa Njoko	...	Herself
Gamal Nkrumah	...	Himself
Kwame Nkrumah	...	Himself (archive footage)
Kwesi Kwaa Prah	...	Himself
Hakim Quick	...	Himself
Thandabnani Qwabe	...	Enslaved African 1
Jeff Radebe	...	Himself
Abdulkadir Ahmed Said	...	Himself
Esther Stanford	...	Herself
Dr. Francis Cress Welsing	...	Herself
Meles Zenawi	...	Himself
Jacob Zuma	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Enat Hager (International: English title)

Country:

Ethiopia | USA | South Africa | UK

Language:

English | Amharic | Zulu | Akan | Arabic | Swahili

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Filming Locations:

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Company:

Halaqah Media

Trivia:

The producers decided to remove the interview with Desmond Tutu after his negative remarks regarding Zimbabwe. The director felt his stance in Africa was not in line with the Pan-Africanism the film promotes.

Movie Connections:

Follows 500 Years Later (2005)