Jamal Joseph

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Jamal Joseph, 2012

Jamal Joseph (b. 1953 as Edward Joseph ) is an American screenwriter , director , film producer and professor . He was also known as a former activist of the Black Panther Party .

Life

Joseph grew up in the Bronx in the late 1960s and joined the Black Panther Party as a teenager . He was tried for the first time at the age of 16, but was acquitted on charges of conspiracy . In 1981, Joseph was sentenced to twelve years in prison for aiding and abetting a money transport robbery that killed two police officers and a security guard. While in detention, he finished school, earned two college degrees, and wrote several plays. He was released after five and a half years. In the 1990s he began to work as a short film director , then wrote screenplays and from the 2000s also worked as a film producer. Since 1998 he has been a professor at Columbia University .

For the music film Der Klang des Herzens , he and Charles Mack produced the title Raise It Up , which was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Song in 2008 . He also wrote and interpreted the title Harlem Streetz for the film .

In 2020, the former Black Panther activist Joseph spoke about the racism of the American police after the police violence against Afro-Americans and the subsequent mass protests, and recommended lessons to be learned from the history of the protest movements.

Filmography (selection)

Director

  • 1993: Whatcha Gonna Do About Hate?
  • 1994: Heal the Rainbow
  • 1994: Master Your Future
  • 1997: Drive by: A Love Story (also screenplay)
  • 1997: Kayla's Story
  • 2002: Hughes' Dream Harlem (also screenplay)
  • 2006: 30 Days (also production)
  • 2010: Harlem Is… Music (also screenplay, production)
  • 2011: Harlem Is… Gospel (also production)

script

  • 1996: New York Undercover (Episode: Bad Blood)
  • 1996: The Many Trials of Tammy B
  • 2000: Ali: An American Hero
  • 2005: The Game of Life ( Knights of the South Bronx )

production

  • 2003: A-Alike
  • 2007: Baba King
  • 2007: Lifted
  • 2012: The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
  • 2014: Finding the Prospers

music

Autobiography

  • Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012. ISBN 978-1-61620-126-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b New York Times (English)
  2. ↑ Algonquin Books (English)
  3. ↑ IT'S THE SAME MACHINERY Former Black Panther activist Jamal Joseph is not surprised at the racism of the American police - and recommends lessons from the history of the protest movements. June 5, 2020, accessed on June 6, 2020 (German).
  4. ↑ Columbia University ( memento of the original from March 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / arts.columbia.edu
personal data
SURNAME Joseph, Jamal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH United States