Menelik Shabazz

Born 30 May 1954 in Saint John, Barbados

Died 28 June 2021 (aged 67)

Menelik Shabazz was a Barbados-born British film director, producer, educator, and writer, acknowledged as a pioneer in the development of independent Black British cinema, having been at the forefront of contemporary British filmmaking for more than 30 years.