Black Seeds: The History of Africans in America
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Bayer MackDirectorNo Lye: An American Beauty Story, Oscar Micheaux: The Czar of Black Hollywood
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Bayer MackWriter
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Frances Presley RiceProducerOscar Micheaux: The Czar of Black Hollywood, In The Hour of Chaos
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Casey ConleyKey Cast"Narrator"
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Fabio RevoKey Cast"Christopher Columbus "
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Ben AyersKey Cast"Indentured Servant"
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Brandon BellKey Cast"Slave Narrator"
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Jim KirkcaldyKey Cast"Sam Adams"
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BuchstansangurKey Cast"John Adams"
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Giovanni PucciKey Cast"Charles Leclerc"
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Alex CochraneKey Cast"Simon Hensby"
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Rich DaigleKey Cast"White Southerner"
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Tangi GreeneKey Cast"Harriet Jacobs / Harriet Tubman"
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Rob SharpKey Cast"John Brown"
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:1 hour 9 minutes 31 seconds
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Completion Date:October 23, 2020
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16.9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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The African Film Festival (TAFF)Dallas, TX
United States
June 1, 2021
Official Selection -
Orlando International Film FestivalOrlando, FL
United States
May 24, 2021
Florida
Official Selection -
Philadelphia Independent Film FestivalPhiladelphia, PA
United States
May 10, 2021
East Coast
Official Selection -
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival Black History MattersCleveland, OH
United States
February 27, 2021
Midwest Premiere
Black History Month -
Denton Black Film FestivalDenton, Texas
United States
January 27, 2021
North American Premiere
Best Documentary Feature
Distribution Information
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Block Starz Music Television LLCDistributorCountry: WorldwideRights: All Rights
Bayer Mack is a nationally-published American entertainment journalist, record executive and award-winning documentary filmmaker. He is best known as the founder of the independent record label Block Starz Music and its subsidiary Block Starz Music Television, which produced a critically-acclaimed 2014 documentary on African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux ("The Czar of Black Hollywood") and the 2020 Black Reel Award-winning ethnic hair documentary, "No Lye: An American Beauty Story".
“It's a film I said I would never make. I have never been a fan of slave movies, but researching for this project gave me a newfound appreciation for the perseverance of our ancestors. BLACK SEEDS digs into the socioeconomics, and tracks the evolution of armed resistance to slavery in America.”