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Why Is We Americans?

Name: Why Is We Americans?
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-01-14
Duration: 101 min

Not Rated

Documentary

The story focuses on Newark's Baraka family and its involvement in social activism, poetry, music, art and politics.

01-14-2022

1h 41m

Main Cast

Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill, a native of South Orange, New Jersey, first came to attention with the multi-talented The Fugees. Their first album, "Blunted On Reality", went virtually unnoticed by the public; their real breakthrough came with the sophomore album, "The Score", which featured "Killing Me Softly". That album stills remains the worldwide top-selling rap album of all time (17 million units shipped). She earned two Grammys (Best Rap Album and Best R&B Performance by a duo or group) in 1996 and gave birth to Zion (alleged father is Bob Marley's son) before releasing her self-written and self-produced solo album, "The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill", which topped Billboard charts the moment it came out. IMDb Mini Biography By: Kirillka

Known For

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993

King of the Hill

1993

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

2005

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.

Known For

Madea's Family Reunion

2006

How to Make an American Quilt

1995

Poetic Justice

1993

Nina Simone

Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Wikipedia

Known For

What Happened, Miss Simone?

2015

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021

They All Came Out to Montreux

2023

Allen Ginsberg

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and was known as embodying various aspects of this counterculture, such as his views on drugs, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions. He was one of many influential American writers of his time known as the Beat Generation, which included famous writers such as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allen Ginsberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.