Akbar

5.5
1970 0 hr 16 min

“A conversation with a friend – Ahmed Akbar. A short interview-type film portrait with Akbar, a black filmmaker and former student of mine at Kent State. Akbar expresses an unusual and exciting view of himself/blacks in America/and such varied subjects as ‘this moon race shit!’ A friendly, lively, exciting portrait of a very extraordinary person from Akron, Ohio.” –Richard Myers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

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Reviews

Colibel
1970/01/01

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

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Actuakers
1970/01/02

One of my all time favorites.

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PiraBit
1970/01/03

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

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Matho
1970/01/04

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

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