Hidden Colors
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- Part 1:
- Ola Akinroluyo
- Part 2:
- Thaddeus Allah
- Part 3:
- Amos Kulumba
- Haneef Muhammad
- Darnell Washington
- Part 1:
- Chas Pangburn
- Part 2:
- Keith Mohmed
- Terrance Thompson
- Part 3:
- Tony “Flex God” Allah II
- Janel Jackson
- Keith Mohmed
- Jojambe Lawrence
| Hidden Colors Part 1: The Untold History of People of Aboriginal, Moor, and African Descent Part 2: The Triumph of Melanin Part 3: The Rules of Racism Part 4: The Religion of White Supremacy Part 5: The Art of Black Warfare | |
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| Directed by | Tariq Nasheed |
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| Starring | Please see sections |
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Production company | King Flex Entertainment |
| Distributed by | King Flex Entertainment |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hidden Colors is a series of documentary films directed by Tariq Nasheed and released between 2011 and 2019, to explain the marginalizing of people of African descent in America and across the world.[1][2] Critical reception has been mixed to negative, with reviews describing the films' content mainly as discredited conspiracy theories.
Hidden Colors: The Untold History of People of Aboriginal, Moor, and African Descent
The first film in the series, Hidden Colors: The Untold History of People of Aboriginal, Moor, and African Descent, was given a limited theatrical release on April 14, 2011.[3][4][5] The second in the series, Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph of Melanin, was released the following year on December 6, 2012.[6] The third film in the series, Hidden Colors 3: The Rules of Racism, was released on June 26, 2014.[1][7] The fourth film in the series, Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy was successfully funded on Kickstarter in March 2015. The fifth film in the series, Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare, was released in August 2019.
The first installment in the series was released on April 14, 2011. The film discusses the role of African and aboriginal people in history and argues some achievements have not been properly recorded or credited to them. Hidden Colors features several interviews with commentators on subjects such as the race and appearance of Jesus Christ and the reasons behind the end of slavery. The film also states Africans were the first to circumnavigate the globe, there was "pre-European settlement in the United States", that Africans created the first Asian dynasties, and that the Vatican created Egyptology.[4]
Cast
- Tariq Nasheed
- Phil Valentine
- Frances Cress Welsing
- Shahrazad Ali
- Sabir Bey
- Booker T. Coleman
- Umar Johnson
Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph of Melanin
The second installment was released on December 6, 2012 and was also directed by Nasheed.[8] The documentary further explores issues surrounding people of African and aboriginal descent such as the global African presence and the treatment of Black economic communities in America.[9] Other film topics include the investigation of melanin.[10]
Cast
- Michelle Alexander
- KRS-One
- Tariq Nasheed
- Runoko Rashidi
- Phil Valentine (Not the talk show host)
- James Small
- Claud Anderson
- Tony Browder
- Booker T. Coleman
- Umar Johnson
Hidden Colors 3: The Rules of Racism
The third installment was released on June 26, 2014. The film focuses on the topic of race, racism, and history within the United States.[7][11]
Cast
- Shahrazad Ali
- Carol Anderson
- David Banner
- Dick Gregory
- Paul Mooney
- Khalil Gibran Muhammad
- Nas
- Tariq Nasheed
- Killer Mike
- Phil Valentine
- Frances Cress Welsing
- George Fraser
- Joy Degruy
- Umar Johnson
- Kaba Kamene
Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy
- Tariq Nasheed
- Jennifer Tosch
- Tony Browder
- Llaila Afrika
- Boyce Watkins
- Robin Walker
- Phil Valentine
- James Small
- Eric Sheppard
- Patricia Newton
- Nteri Nelson
- Killer Mike
- Kaba Kamene
- Jim Brown
- Delbert Blair
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
- Tariq Nasheed
- Claud Anderson
- Brother Polight
- Kaba Kamene
- Shahrazad Ali
- Ice-T
- Chuck D
- David Banner
- Rizza Islam
- Charm Tims
- Michael Jai White
- Jabari Osaze
- Kmt Shockley
- James Small