- published: 16 Aug 2010
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Motherland (እናት ሀገር ʿenathager) is a 2010 independent documentary film directed and written by Owen 'Alik Shahadah. Motherland is the sequel to the multiaward winning film 500 Years Later.
Motherland is an epic documentary about the African continent from Ancient Egypt to the present. It is an overview of African history and contemporary issues but with the African people at the centre of the story. It is one of the first Pan-African features to be made.
The cast features key figures from the African political world.
Motherland is one of the only African documentaries to be mixed in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround. A technology which is usually associated with Hollywood big production films. The producers claim to have innovated a new way of mixing music in 5.1 for film which they call split positioning.
The director and producers decided to remove all interviews with Desmond Tutu after his negative remarks regarding Zimbabwe and the African National Congress split. Tutu does appear in one film Our Story Our Voice by the same director.
Actors: Meagan Good (actress), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (actress), Orlando Jones (actor), Vanessa Bell Calloway (actress), Dante Basco (actor), Eriq La Salle (actor), Titus Welliver (actor), Laurence Fishburne (actor), Gary C. Warren (actor), Kid Rock (actor), Kadeem Hardison (actor), Djimon Hounsou (actor), Terrence Howard (actor), Ava DuVernay (miscellaneous crew), Pamella D'Pella (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son", this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets. The focus of this story takes place at an annual drag-racing event in Fresno, as Manuel tries to retain his championship title.
Keywords: african-american, based-on-article, bet, biker-gang, bikini-wash, bridge, burnout, california, call-out, car-crash