Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African decent globally - Why? 500 years later from the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedom-Why? 500 years later film, 500 years later official film site

Filmed in five continents, and over twenty countries, 500 Years Later engages the authentic retrospective voice, told from the vantage-point of those whom history has sought to silence by examining t he collective atrocities that uprooted Africans from their culture and homeland.

500 Years Later is a timeless compelling journey, infused with the spirit and music of liberation that chronicles the struggle of a people who have fought and continue to fight for the most essential human right - freedom.

SELECTED CINEMA RELEASE FEB 2005 USA

Halaqah Media Films presents An African Holocaust production / African Holocaust production Film by Owen 'Alik Shahadah In association with souljazzfunk and Lift Every Voice Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah Producer: M.K.As ante, Jr A.O. Mitchell Film score by Tunde Jegede and Ocacia Executive producer: Zanita Askia Huq Script: Molefi K Asante, jr Director of Photography Owen 'Alik Shahadah Bsc Editing: Askia Shahadah Motion Graphics: Mirak Qul Karim Artwork: Alvin kolfi, Theodore Harris, Maya Freelong, Dr. Zar, Andrew Sinclair Associate producer: Momodou Madi Silla, Poppyseed, Angella Montoute Special Footage Haile Gerima Halaqah Media Films presents An Afrikan Holocaust production / African Holocaust productionA Film by Owen 'Alik Shahadah In association with souljazzfunk and Lift Every Voice Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah Producer: M.K.Asante, Jr A.O. Mitchell Film score by Tunde Jegede and Ocacia Executive producer: Zanita Askia Huq Script: Molefi K Asante, jr Director of Photography Owen 'Alik Shahadah Bsc Editing: Askia Shahadah Motion Graphics: Mirak Qul Karim Artwork: Alvin kolfi, Theodore Harris, Maya Freelong, Dr. Zar, Andrew Sinclair Associate producer: Momodou Madi Silla, Poppyseed, Angella Montoute Special Footage Haile Gerima Halaqah Media Films presents An Afrikan Holocaust production / African Holocaust productionA Film by Owen 'Alik Shahadah In association with souljazzfunk and Lift Every Voice Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah Producer: M.K.Asante, Jr A.O. Mitchell Film score by Tunde Jegede and Ocacia Executive producer: Zanita Askia Huq Script: Molefi K Asante, jr Director of Photography Owen 'Alik Shahadah Bsc Editing: Askia Shahadah Motion Graphics: Mirak Qul Karim Artwork: Alvin kolfi, Theodore Harris, Maya Freelong, Dr. Zar, Andrew Sinclair Associate producer: Momodou Madi Silla, Poppyseed, Angella Montoute Special Footage Haile Gerima Halaqah Media Films presents An Afrikan Holocaust production / African Holocaust productionA Film by Owen 'Alik Shahadah In association with souljazzfunk and Lift Every Voice Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah Producer: M.K.Asante, Jr A.O. Mitchell Film score by Tunde Jegede and Ocacia Executive producer: Zanita Askia Huq Script: Molefi K Asante, jr Director of Photography Owen 'Alik Shahadah Bsc Editing: Askia Shahadah Motion Graphics: Mirak Qul Karim Artwork: Alvin kolfi, Theodore Harris, Maya Freelong, Dr. Zar, Andrew Sinclair Associate producer: Momodou Madi Silla, Poppyseed, Angella Montoute Special Footage Haile Ger Filmed in five continents, and over twenty countries, 500 Years Later engages the authentic retrospective voice, told from the vantage-point of those whom history has sought to silence by examining t he collective atrocities that uprooted Africans from their culture and homeland. ima