Benjamin Zephaniah

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Apr 15, 1958 (67 years old)
Death date
Dec 07, 2023

Benjamin Zephaniah

Known For

Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
1h 40m
Movie 2020

Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World

Film following the acclaimed Birmingham based artist, known for his controversial satirical collages, as he embarks on a UK wide outdoor art installation.

PS Your Mystery Sender
0h 10m
Movie 2010

PS Your Mystery Sender

A look at the array of mysterious, quirky objects received by fashion designer Paul Smith and the effect they have had on his life.

I Bring You Frankincense
0h 35m
Movie 1996

I Bring You Frankincense

"A rites of passage drama about a mixed race boy called Sunshine who leaves Guildford in [the] 1970's and moves to London." - BFI

Truth or Dairy
0h 23m
Movie 1994

Truth or Dairy

This classic Vegan Society video remains one of the most entertaining and informative introductions to veganism. Viewers will learn why avoiding meat, leather, dairy and eggs is not only the most healthy way to live but also the most compassionate. Highly recommended for both existing vegans and anyone considering becoming a vegan.

Dread Poets' Society
0h 30m
Movie 1992

Dread Poets' Society

Benjamin Zephaniah, renowned Rastafarian poet/rapper is traveling by train from Birmingham to Cambridge to receive his Creative Arts Fellowship sharing a carriage with a racist and philistine car spares salesman played by Timothy Spall; by chance the poets Keats, Byron, Shelley and writer Mary Shelley are transported from a séance they are conducting in The Villa Como by a freak electrical storm. A battle of wits, drug taking and poetry performance ensues!

Farendj
1h 30m
Movie 1990

Farendj

A young man travels with his French girlfriend to Ethiopia. Whilst there he discovers a house in which the French poet Rimbaud once lived and he becomes obsessed with finding out more information about him.

Didn't You Kill My Brother?
0h 55m
Movie 1988

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

Carl Moss leaves jail,where he has taken the rap for his evil twin Sterling,and has been declared a model prisoner. Pauline Sneek,his probation officer - and girlfriend - gets him community work teaching youngsters how to lead law-abiding lives. This displeases Sterling,as he needs the young delinquents for his bicycle stealing ring.

Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile
1h 28m
Movie 1988

Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile

Time and Judgement is a sci-fi/documentary that combines biblical prophecy with events across the African diaspora between 1980 and 1987. Archive footage includes Haile Selassie, Bob Marley, Kwame Nkrumah, Maurice Bishop, Walter Rodney, Kwame Toure, Bernie Grant.

Biography

Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (April 15, 1958 - December 7, 2023) was a British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.

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