Pre-Production - ENGLISH - Documentary
A true life story that plays out like a page turning thriller.An archive treasure trove set in swinging sixties London.A soundtrack that inspired a generation.A story that needs to be told.Rebellion. Conspiracy. Murder. Execution.The truth at last.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Gabriel CLARKE, Clint DYER Producer(s) : John MCKENNA (Noah Media Group ), Victoria BARRELL (Noah Media Group )
He is a man whom history has cast in an evil light anddiscarded. He is an unknown face lost in a dark corner of the British justice system.He represented Black Power in Britain in the late 1960s. He established the Notting Hill Carnival, The London Free School and Defence, a free legal service for black people.He counted John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Muhammad Ali, Mick Jagger, Leonard Cohen, Pink Floyd and William Burroughs among his friends and advocates.He was a poet, a writer, a husband, a lover, a father and a revolutionary. He was a pimp, a hustler, a drug dealing enforcer and a convicted murderer.Hung by the neck for a crime that many argue he did not commit, his execution was sanctioned by the British Government 10 years after Great Britain had abolished the Death Penalty.He was a man who fought to make a difference but who led his life on the edge of the law. He was a man who tried to step out for his people but crossed the line.His name was Michael X.
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM