WEB Du Bois, one of the founders of the NAACP, America's first civil rights organization.
The history of WEB Du Bois – scholar, sociologist, activist – is brought to life in this short documentary. In his book, The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois captured what it means to be both African and American before he went on to become a leading thinker in the Pan-Africanist movement and struggle anti-colonialism throughout the world. Film by Marcela Pizarro, Williams Zouzouo and Pomona Pictures. Voices: historian Maurice Jackson and scholar Nadiyah El Amin. The film is part of a series, Race Historicised: Epistemologies of Colour, which delves into the archives of Black intellectual thought, to present the work of prominent figures who have contributed to the struggle against racism, the both in theory and in practice.
