Menelik Shabazz

Birthday: May 30th, 1954 Date of Death: June 28th, 2021 Place of Birth: Saint John, Barbados

Menelik Shabazz was a Barbados-born British film director, producer, educator, and writer, acknowledged as a pioneer in the development of independent Black British cinema, having been at the forefront of contemporary British filmmaking for more than 30 years.