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Who Was Michael X?
by BBC Sounds
Who’s Michael X? A fascinating documentary series investigating Michael ‘X’ Abdul Malik who became Britain’s preeminent Black Power leader of his age, but yet has been forgotten to the folds of time. Malik participated in seminal moments in the black British experience. A friend to the highest and lowest and never far from scandal, his journey took him into the heart of the establishment. This immersive series brings to life a story replete with intrigue, major crime, espionage, and murder. Through his Black experience, this series will uncover the systemic remnants of empire that have sculpted the present UK.
Episodes
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Requiem for an Illusion
After an audacious escape attempt to Brazil via the Amazon jungle, Michael is imprisoned once more and held on charges of murder. Found guilty, he exhausts legal appeals, despite the help of a slew of celebrities and prominent lawyers like Geoffrey Robertson. He meets his fate at the hands of the...
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From the Dead Level
Michael is back in his home country. Escaping the looming court case for assault in the UK, he relocates to Trinidad with his family, setting up home in Christina Gardens, Arima. Once again, he embarks on a series of projects - creating a commune, a black liberation army and an alternative...
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The Black House
Michael is released after serving a year in prison for hate speech. Undaunted, he returns to his activism, this time creating the Black House on Holloway Road. Supported by the likes of John Lennon, Sammy Davis Junior and a major benefactor called Nigel Samuels, it still descends into crime and...
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Black Power
Black Power comes to the UK in the form of Stokeley Carmichael. He speaks at the Dialectics of Liberation conference with Michael on stage beside him. In the country only for a short time, as he is swiftly kicked out by the British state, Stokeley still manages to inspire black activists like...
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Blood of an Englishman
It’s the swinging sixties and Michael X has risen to national fame as an outspoken and radical black leader. He moves between worlds as a hustler, activist and beatnik. As he becomes part of the underground counter culture movement, drugs and poetry flow along with fantasies of creating a better...
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Malcolm X
It’s 1965 and Michael is searching for a higher meaning to life. In London he meets the man who will change his life forever, Malcolm X. They travel together to Smethwick on the outskirts of Birmingham to protest the racial actions of the local Conservative council. Just 11 days later Malcolm is...
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Mother Country
Making a home in the slums of Notting Hill, Michael and others of the Windrush generation find that instead of being welcomed to the UK as fellow Brits they are discriminated against and rejected. This area is one of the epicentres of the black experience in Britain and tensions are heightened by...
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Who Taught You to Hate Yourself?
Born in the midst of empire, Michael grows up conflicted, raised by a mother indoctrinated to loath her own skin colour. We examine this identity crisis within a historical context that reaches out to touch us in the present, showing the difficulty of being mixed race in the UK today and the...
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Introducing Who Was Michael X?
Who was Michael X? A fascinating documentary series investigating Michael ‘X’ Abdul Malik who became Britain’s most famous Black Power leader of his age, but yet has been forgotten to the folds of time. Malik participated in seminal moments in the Black British experience. A friend to society’s...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Who’s Michael X? A fascinating documentary series investigating Michael ‘X’ Abdul Malik who became Britain’s preeminent Black Power leader of his age, but yet has been forgotten to the folds of time. Malik participated in seminal moments in the black British experience. A friend to the highest and lowest and never far from scandal, his journey took him into the heart of the establishment. This immersive series brings to life a story replete with intrigue, major crime, espionage, and murder. Through his Black experience, this series will uncover the systemic remnants of empire that have sculpted the present UK.
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Who’s Michael X? A fascinating documentary series investigating Michael ‘X’ Abdul Malik who became Britain’s preeminent Black Power leader of his age, but yet has been forgotten to the folds of time. Malik participated in seminal moments in the black British experience. A friend to the highest and...
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