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Every Cook Can Govern: The Life, Impact & Works of C.L.R James

Name: Every Cook Can Govern: The Life, Impact & Works of C.L.R James
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-04-23
Duration: 121 min

Not Rated

Documentary

Feature-length, crowd-funded documentary that interweaves never-before-seen footage of C.L.R. James, together with personal contributions from those who knew him, and historical and political analysis from leading scholars of his work. The film grapples with issues from colonialism to cricket, from slavery to Shakespeare, from Marxism to the movies and from reading to revolution.

04-23-2016

2h 1m

Every Cook Can Govern: The Life, Impact & Works of C.L.R James

Main Cast

Unknown Actor

Known For

The CLR James Lectures

1983

Self

Robin D.G. Kelley

Robin Davis Gibran Kelley is an American historian and academic. He is the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at UCLA. His work explores the history of social movements in the U.S., the African diaspora, and Africa--extending into research on Black intellectuals, music and visual culture, and surrealism and Marxism. Kelley’s most recent books include Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times and Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. He is also co-editor of numerous books, including Walter Rodney, The Russian Revolution: A View from the Third World, and The Other Special Relationship: Race, Rights, and Riots in Britain and the United States. He is currently completing three book projects.