Imruh Bakari
Imruh Bakari | |
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St Kitts | |
Other names | Imruh Bakari Caesar Imruh Caesar |
Alma mater | National Film and Television School |
Occupation(s) | Film maker and writer |
Notable work | Riots and Rumours of Riots (1981); Mark of the Hand (1986) |
Imruh Bakari (Ishaq Imruh Bakari) is a film maker and writer born in 1950 on
Film and TV work
Bakari worked in film and theatre projects in
He worked with Menelik Shabazz on Step Forward Youth (1974), which documented the lives of black youth in Britain, and in 1982 on Burning an Illusion and the short Blood Ah Go Run.[6] Bakari formed Kuumba Productions with Menelik Shabazz and Henry Martin, and was a founder member of Ceddo Film and Video Workshop,[7] an outlet for new young, primarily black, talent. Bakari produced I Am Not Two Islands (1983) for Channel 4.
He then made Street Warriors in 1985, and The Mark of the Hand in 1986 for the Arts Council of Great Britain on the work of Caribbean artist Aubrey Williams.[8] The latter "was a pioneering work and to this day, sympathetic and sensitive documentary film studies of Black British artists, such as Mark of the Hand, remain a rarity. One hugely important aspect of the film is the exploration of Williams’ respect and fondness for the indigenous peoples of the Guyana interior. In this regard, the film positively complicates and challenges assumed notions of Caribbean identity."[1]
In 1992, Bakari directed Blue Notes and Exiled Voices, about the experiences of exiled South African musicians during the apartheid era, featuring Hugh Masekela, the Brotherhood of Breath, Louis Moholo and Pinise Saul.[9]
Between 1999 and 2004 Bakari was Festival Director for the Zanzibar International Film Festival.[10][11] In Tanzania, together with Beatrix Mugishagwe and lecturer Augustine Hatar, he cofounded the Tanzania Screenwriter's Forum in 2001, running a monthly scriptwriting workshop at the University of Dar es Salaam.[12] Bakari also participated in the industry organisation, the Tanzania Independent Producers Association (TAIPA). Between 2005 and 2008, he produced in Tanzania the short film series African Tales. He was the producer of Mwalimu – The Legacy of Julius Kambarage Nyerere (Mnet, Great Africans Series, 2009).[13]
Favourite films
In 2022, Bakari participated in the
Bakari selections were:
- Napoléon (1927)
- Bicycle Thieves (1948)
- Pather Panchali (1955)
- Black Girl (1966)
- The Battle of Algiers (1966)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Mirror (1972)
- West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty(1979)
- La Rue Cases-Nègres (1983)
- Hyènes (1992)
Theatrical work
He has acted and directed in the theatre. During the 1970s, he worked at the
Writing
Bakari writes on African and Caribbean cinema and the creative industries. His articles have appeared in publications including the 1993 and 1994 Ecrans d'Afrique,[16] Screen,[17] Black Filmmaker and Black Film Bulletin.[18] He is the joint editor, with Mbye Cham, of African Experiences of Cinema.[19] In 1996, he wrote "Memory and Identity in Caribbean Cinema" for New Formations.[20]
He has also published the collections of poetry Sounds & Echoes (
Bibliography
- Sounds & Echoes – poetry (Karnak House, 1981)
- Secret Lives – poetry (Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications, 1986)
- Without Passport or Apology – poetry (Smokestack Books, 2017)
Selected filmography
- Riots and Rumours of Riots (1981)
- Street Warriors (1985)
- The Mark of the Hand (1986)
- Blue Notes and Exiled Voices (1992), director
- Mwalimu – The Legacy of Julius Kambarage Nyerere (2009), producer
References
- ^ a b "Imruh Caesar", Diaspora Artists.
- ^ "Teaching Post at the University of Winchester". Winchester.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ "Riots and Rumours of Riots". The British Universities Film and Video Council. 1981.
- ^ Unknown (Spring 1988). "Film list". Undercut (17).
- ^ "Riots and Rumours of Riots". BFI Player.
- ^ "Imruh Caesar" at IMDb.
- ^ Ogidi, Ann. "Ceddo". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "The Mark of the Hand: Aubrey Williams", Concord Media.
- ^ "Blue Notes and Exiled Voices (1992)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018.
- ^ "Zanzibar festival showcases arts". BBC News — Africa. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Zanzibar International Film Festival". Ziff.or.tz. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-8214-1931-1.
- ^ "Mwalimu – The Legacy of Julius Kambarage Nyerere". Film.list.co.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Biographical notes". Undercut (17). Spring 1988.
- ^ Bakari, Imruh (1984). "Focus on African Cinema". Ecrans d'Afrique (9/10).
- .
- ^ Bakari, Imruh. "African Voices, African Visions". The Black Film Bulletin. 5 (2/3, Summer/Autumn 1997).
- ISBN 0-85170-511-1.
- ISSN 0950-2378. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ISBN 978-0907015017.
- ISBN 0904521362.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Bakari, Ishaq Imruh, Without Passport or Apology at Amazon.
- ^ "Bakari, Ishaq Imruh". Southbankcentre.co.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
External links
- Malik, Sarita (1998), "1. Interview with Imruh Bakari Conducted 10.12.96" in Representing black Britain : black images on British television from 1936 to the present day, pp. 7–32. PhD thesis, The Open University.