''Bars4Justice'' (also ''#Bars4Justice'') is a 2015 American
short documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
directed by Samoan filmmaker
Queen Muhammad Ali and
Hakeem Khaaliq. The film was recorded in
Ferguson, Missouri during the first anniversary of the
shooting of Michael Brown August 9–10, 2015. The film is an official selection of several international festivals including winning Best Short documentary at the 24th annual
Pan African Film Festival Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a non-profit corporation in Los Angeles, California, that states its goal is to promote "cultural understanding among peoples of African descent" through exhibiting art and film. It hosts a film festival and an ar ...
in Los Angeles, Glasgow Short Film Festival in Scotland, Tirana International Film Festival (DOCUTIFF) in Albania, and The Museum of Modern Art (
MoMA) in
midtown Manhattan NY.
Cast
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Common – Himself
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Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli Greene (; born October 3, 1975) is an American rapper. He earned recognition early on through his collaboration with fellow Brooklyn rapper Mos Def in 1997, when they formed the group Black Star. Kweli's musical career continued with ...
– Himself
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Cornel West
Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, actor, and public intellectual. The grandson of a Baptist minister, West focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society an ...
– Himself
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Jasiri X – Himself
* Renita Lamkin – Herself
* Rahiel Tesfamariam – Herself
* Rabbi Susan Talve – herself
Accolades
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