Kwame Ture

Kwame Ture

Actor

Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
June 29, 1941

Biography

Kwame Ture was a prominent organizer in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global Pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad, he grew up in the United States from the age of 11 and became an activist while attending the Bronx High School of Science.

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Representative Works

Mama Africa
Mama Africa
5.6
/ English
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
7.6
/ English
LBJ
LBJ
5.9
/ Spanish
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
7.5
/ English
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.3
/ English
Berkeley in the Sixties
Berkeley in the Sixties
6.0
/ English
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
6.7
/ English
A Huey P. Newton Story
A Huey P. Newton Story
5.4
/ English
King in the Wilderness
King in the Wilderness
7.0
/ English
The FBI's War on Black America
The FBI's War on Black America
8.0
/ English
Black at Yale: A Film Diary
Black at Yale: A Film Diary
8.0
/ English
Black Panthers
Black Panthers
7.1
/ French

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Mama Africa
2011Nominee

Best Performance

Mama Africa

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021Winner

Best Performance

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

LBJ
1968Nominee

Best Performance

LBJ

Career Highlights

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011Highlight

Best Performance

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970Highlight

Best Performance

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

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