Cornel West

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jun 02, 1953 (72 years old)

Cornel West

Known For

De
1h 10m
Movie 2024

De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski

From "Bound" to the queer series "Work in Progress", an exploration and deciphering of the artistic work and revolutionary career of Lana and Lilly Wachowski. "Matrix" is the soil in which all the seeds of the filmmakers' struggle were sown. Feminism, anti-capitalism, trans-identity and racial justice are encoded in trench-coat action scenes and symbol-laden metaphors. The two sisters, as uncompromising in their societal battles as they are in their experimental aesthetics, are a happy Hollywood anomaly, a real crack in the matrix it's time to rediscover.

Tax Broke
0h 58m
Movie 2024

Tax Broke

The great inequality divide in America is no accident. Tax Broke tells the story of how one of the poorest cities in America has made a small group of developers rich. A history of fleecing of a great American city.

137 Shots
1h 44m
Movie 2021

137 Shots

In this documentary, law enforcement faces scrutiny as Americans demand justice after police violence claims multiple Black lives in Cleveland.

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
1h 37m
Movie 2021

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

From a chance meeting to a tragic fallout, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali's extraordinary bond cracks under the weight of distrust and shifting ideals.

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
TV Show 2021

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

President Obama's personal story and his vision for America, set against the backdrop of the country's racial history.

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
0h 57m
Movie 2021

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

An inspiring portrait of the life and legacy of Jewish theologian and philosopher, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel was one of the most remarkable and inspiring figures of the American 20th Century. He was a mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr and the entire Civil Rights Movement, a leading critic of the Vietnam War, a champion for Soviet Jews, and a pioneer in the work of interfaith dialogue.

Bernie Blackout
1h 28m
Movie 2020

Bernie Blackout

An investigative deep dive into the corporate news media’s coverage of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign that asks: who actually gets a say in American politics?

We Are George Floyd
0h 6m
Movie 2020

We Are George Floyd

On May 25th, 2020, Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, murdered George Floyd, a black man, by driving his knee into George's neck for 8 minutes and 45 seconds until he died. This film chronicles New York City's overwhelming response.

No Safe Spaces
1h 35m
Movie 2019

No Safe Spaces

Adam Carolla and Dennis Prager examine the reality of life and discourse on college campuses in modern America.

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
0h 54m
Movie 2019

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

Actor Courtney B. Vance hosts this special celebrating Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s work with focus on his five quintessential documentary series about American, African and African American history for PBS.

Biography

Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion. West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their "radical conditionedness". West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism.

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