Angela Davis

Angela Davis

Date of Birth:

Jan 26, 1944

Place of Birth:

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Angela Davis is an American political activist, academic scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Her interests include prisoner rights; she co-founded Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She was a professor (now retired) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in its History of Consciousness Department and a former director of the university's Feminist Studies department.

filmography:

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

2019

The Peace! The Peace!

2005

Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation

2010

Black Is… Black Ain’t Black Is… Black Ain’t

1994

A Place of Rage A Place of Rage

1991

The House on Coco Road The House on Coco Road

2016

A Huey P. Newton Story A Huey P. Newton Story

2001

Toni Morrison Remembers Toni Morrison Remembers

2015

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

2020

Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock

1983

Police Off Campus! Police Off Campus!

1970

Queer, Broke & Amazing! Queer, Broke & Amazing!

2022

Criminal Queers Criminal Queers

2013

Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday

2020

Salt of the earth US Salt of the earth US

1981

This Is Personal This Is Personal

2019

Wer die Erde liebt Wer die Erde liebt

1974

Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy

1970

Stamped from the Beginning Stamped from the Beginning

2023

Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know

2024

Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

2023

La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85 La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85

1985

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

2012

The U.S. vs. John Lennon The U.S. vs. John Lennon

2006

Malcolm X Malcolm X

1972

Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields

2022

Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California

1998

Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary

1972

Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams

2012

The Black List: Volume Two The Black List: Volume Two

2009

13th 13th

2016

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

2011

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022

Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life

2011

George Jackson/San Quentin Prison 1972 George Jackson/San Quentin Prison 1972

1972

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