Angela Davis
Angela Davis
Born 26/01/1944 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Angela Davis is an American political activist, academic scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Her interests include prisoner rights; she co-founded Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She was a professor (now retired) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in its History of Consciousness Department and a former director of the university's Feminist Studies department.

Angela Davis is an American political activist, academic scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Her interests include prisoner rights; she co-founded Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She was a professor (now retired) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in its History of Consciousness Department and a former director of the university's Feminist Studies department.

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Filmography (Movies)

Duels of History

Duels of History

Character:

Release Date:05/08/2024

Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know

Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know

Character:Featuring

Release Date:24/02/2024

Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

Character:

Release Date:11/11/2023

Stamped from the Beginning

Stamped from the Beginning

Character:Self

Release Date:10/11/2023

Breaking Myths

Breaking Myths

Character:Self (archive footage)

Release Date:13/09/2022

Queer, Broke & Amazing!

Queer, Broke & Amazing!

Character:

Release Date:21/04/2022

Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields

Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields

Character:Self

Release Date:16/03/2022

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

Character:Self (archive footage)

Release Date:07/01/2022

Praise Song

Praise Song

Character:Self

Release Date:16/02/2021

Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday

Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday

Character:Self (archive footage)

Release Date:08/12/2020

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

Character:Self

Release Date:11/09/2020

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

Character:Self

Release Date:21/06/2019

This Is Personal

This Is Personal

Character:Self

Release Date:27/01/2019

13th

13th

Character:Self

Release Date:07/10/2016

The House on Coco Road

The House on Coco Road

Character:Self

Release Date:02/06/2016

Toni Morrison Remembers

Toni Morrison Remembers

Character:Self

Release Date:14/07/2015

Criminal Queers

Criminal Queers

Character:Self

Release Date:13/07/2013

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

Character:Self

Release Date:09/09/2012

Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams

Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams

Character:Self

Release Date:02/06/2012

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Character:Self (voice)

Release Date:01/04/2011

Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life

Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life

Character:Herself

Release Date:03/01/2011

Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation

Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation

Character:Self

Release Date:17/06/2010

The Black List: Volume Two

The Black List: Volume Two

Character:Self

Release Date:26/02/2009

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Character:Self

Release Date:15/09/2006

The Peace!

The Peace!

Character:Self

Release Date:20/09/2005

A Huey P. Newton Story

A Huey P. Newton Story

Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Release Date:18/06/2001

Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California

Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California

Character:Narrator

Release Date:01/01/1998

Herbert's Hippopotamus: Marcuse and Revolution in Paradise

Herbert's Hippopotamus: Marcuse and Revolution in Paradise

Character:Self

Release Date:05/02/1997

Black Is… Black Ain’t

Black Is… Black Ain’t

Character:Self

Release Date:11/10/1995

A Place of Rage

A Place of Rage

Character:Self

Release Date:03/10/1991

La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85

La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85

Character:Self

Release Date:01/08/1985

Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock

Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock

Character:Self

Release Date:01/01/1983

Salt of the earth US

Salt of the earth US

Character:Self/Cameo

Release Date:01/11/1981

Who Loves the Earth

Who Loves the Earth

Character:Self

Release Date:11/01/1974

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Character:Self (archive footage)

Release Date:24/05/1972

Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary

Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary

Character:Self

Release Date:13/01/1972

George Jackson/San Quentin Prison 1972

George Jackson/San Quentin Prison 1972

Character:Self

Release Date:01/01/1972

Davis Report

Davis Report

Character:Self

Release Date:01/01/1972

Police Off Campus!

Police Off Campus!

Character:Herself

Release Date:15/06/1970

Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy

Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy

Character:Self

Release Date:27/03/1970

Television Appearances

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