Yet he was criticised, monitored and restricted by the US Government, the FBI and other official bodies for his progressive views on a range of social and political issues.

Mike Jennings, of the cinema’s Education Team, will discuss the life and career of this pioneering trailblazer for the many other Afro-American artists, in the arts and politics, who followed him, exploring what made him a world-wide sensation, dignified and heroic to some, an irritant and traitor to others, with a range of clips from his important films, from TV interviews, his glorious music, and from media and political coverage of his life.

100m (inc 10 mins Q&A)

Sat 14 Oct 10:00 – In the Auditorium

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