[vc_row margin_bottom=”20″][vc_column width=”2/3″][dt_fancy_title title=”MENELIK SHABAZZ” title_align=”left” title_size=”h2″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text]Menelik Shabazz is a Barbados-born born multi-award Director/ Producer. He has worked independently or over 35 years in both documentary and fiction. He has produced work for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Shabazz is best known for his acclaimed cult classic Burning An Illusion (1982) which won the Grand Prix at the Amien International Film Festival in 1982. Catch A Fire his BBC drama/doc won the Prized Pieces/National Black Programming Consortium Award (1996/USA). More recently his feature length documentary The Story of Lover’s Rock (2011/UK won the Jury award for Best Documentary at the Trinidad International Film Festival in 2012. The Story of Lover’s Rock became one of the highest-grossing documentaries in UK cinemas in 2011. His current production is Looking For Love (2015/UK), a feature documentary about black love, relationships and sex in the UK.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”22089″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1484930744394{margin-top: 32px !important;}”]Follow Menelik Shabazz on social media to get updates on his work in Film and Television: IMDb | Facebook | Twitter | Youtube[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”FILMS” css=”.vc_custom_1484925060183{margin-bottom: 32px !important;}”][ess_grid alias=”mennelik-shabazz”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Filmmaker
Menelik Shabazz
Menelik Shabazz british director, has been making films for cinema and TV screens for over 30 years, he is internationally renowned for works like Burning An Illusion and internationally acclaimed documentary, The Story of Lover’s Rock.
