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The Sun Rises in The East is an independent documentary film created by husband and wife filmmaking team Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa. It is the first feature-length film to examine the history of The East, a Black cultural organization and meeting place formed in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Original Release
2022
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele | Self |
Adeyemi Bandele | Self |
Fela Barclift | Self |
Gary Bartz | Self |
Martha Bright | Self |
Kweli Campbell | Self |
Milford Graves | Self |
Mark Winston Griffith | Self |
Malika Iman | Self |
Kwasi Konadu | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele | Self |
Adeyemi Bandele | Self |
Fela Barclift | Self |
Gary Bartz | Self |
Martha Bright | Self |
Kweli Campbell | Self |
Milford Graves | Self |
Mark Winston Griffith | Self |
Malika Iman | Self |
Kwasi Konadu | Self |
Basir Mchawi | Self |
James Mtume | Self |
David Paterson | Self |
Pharoah Sanders | Self |
Segun Shabaka | Self |
Al Sharpton | Self |
Dwana Adiaha Smallwood | Self |
Suzanne Spellen | Self |
Sun Ra | Self |
June Tyson | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tayo Giwa | Executive Producer |
Cynthia Gordy Giwa | Executive Producer |