St. Clair Bourne

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St. Clair Bourne

St. Clair Bourne (* 16th February 1943 in Harlem ; † 15. December 2007 in Brooklyn ) was an Emmy -nominierter American documentary film - director , film producer and screenwriter .

Life

Bourne attended Georgetown University in the 1960s , where he was expelled from campus after a protest. He then volunteered for the Peace Corps and was deployed in Lima . Later finished his studies of journalism and political science at Syracuse University from. He was then given a scholarship at an art college, but after a peace demonstration on the university grounds, he was also expelled there.

In the early 1970s he founded his own production company Chamba , which he ran until his death and with which he made well over 40 films (including for the stations HBO , PBS , BBC and National Geographic ); his sometimes controversial documentaries dealt largely with racism against Afro-Americans, as well as African-American leading figures such as Langston Hughes and Paul Robeson .

At the time of his death, he was working on a documentary about the photographer Ernest Withers , who had accompanied Martin Luther King on his public appearances.

Filmography

Director (selection)

  • 1971: Ourselves
  • 1972: A Piece of the Block
  • 1972: Pusher Man
  • 1974: Let the Church Say Amen!
  • 1975: A Nation of Common Sense
  • 1989: Making "Do the Right Thing"
  • 1996: John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
  • 2001: Dr. Ben

Producer (selection)

  • 1971: Something to Build On
  • 1972: A Piece of the Block
  • 1975: A Nation of Common Sense
  • 1976: The Long Night
  • 1989: Making "Do the Right Thing"
  • 1996: Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault
  • 1999: Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • 2000: Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

Screenwriter

  • 1971: Something to Build On
  • 1972: Nothing But Common Sense
  • 1975: A Nation of Common Sense

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