WHEN TARIQ MET MALCOLM X
When Tariq Ali Met Malcolm X
Winner Documentary/ Factual Programme Category
RTS Southern Centre Professional Awards 2021
A one-hour documentary focusing on a short period in Britain in 1964/65 when America's Malcolm X met and befriended the radical British Marxist, Tariq Ali. The documentary centres on Malcolm's visit to the UK where he met Tariq Ali, the radical British Marxist, at the University of Oxford Union's end-of-term "Queen and Country" debate, three months before Malcolm was assassinated in New York.
Director Geoff Small
Exec Producer Charles Thompson
TVT Productions
Smithsonian Channel - 90mins 2019
BLACK POWER SALUTE
A film about one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. The untold history behind one of the most controversial moments in Olympic history; the iconic moment from the Civil Rights era, when athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists on the victory stand at the 1968 Olympics to protest at the racism they experienced on and off the track.
Director Geoff Small
Producer Natasha Dack Ojumu
Tigerlily Productions
BBCTV - 60mins 2008
Awards/Nominations
Winner - Screen Nation Factual Award 2009
Nominated - Banff Best Documentary 2009
Nominated – Focal Best Sports Documentary 2009
‘THE SORT OF PROGRAMME THAT RESTORES YOUR FAITH IN HUMANITY.’
The Guardian
‘THIS EXCELLENT FILM DETAILS THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND TO THE GESTURE’
The Observer
‘ABSORBING FILM’ ★★★★
The Times
‘SUBLIME TV THAT MAY NOT BE MATCHED. FOR THIS SHOW ALONE, WE SHOULD BE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE EXISTENCE OF BBC FOUR.’
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