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Cornel West

Cornel West

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Born: June 2, 1953Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion. West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their "radical conditionedness". West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism.

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Filmography
De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski

De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski

Self - Postcolonialism Philosopher

2024

Tax Broke

Self

2024
137 Shots

137 Shots

self

2021
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

Self

2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

Self

2021
Bernie Blackout

Bernie Blackout

Self

2020

We Are George Floyd

Self

2020
No Safe Spaces

No Safe Spaces

Self

2019

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

Self - Harvard University

2019
The Corporate Coup D'État

The Corporate Coup D'État

Self - Philosopher

2018

American Tap

Self

2018
The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

Self

2017
Chasing Trane

Chasing Trane

Self - Philosopher

2017
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

Self

2017
Black America since MLK: And still I rise

Black America since MLK: And still I rise

2016
America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote

America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote

Self

2016
Kareem: Minority of One

Kareem: Minority of One

Self

2015
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Self

2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Self

2014
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Self

2013
Owned & Operated

Owned & Operated

Cornel West

2012
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

Self

2011
East Meets West: Hindi & Christian Perspectives on God, Love, & Spiritual Activism

East Meets West: Hindi & Christian Perspectives on God, Love, & Spiritual Activism

Self

2011
Fear of a Black Republican

Fear of a Black Republican

Self

2011
Still Bill

Still Bill

Self

2010
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Don Sexton

2009

Stand

Self

2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Self

2009
Examined Life

Examined Life

Self

2008
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

Self (as Dr. Cornel West)

2008
Street Fight

Street Fight

Self

2005
The Matrix Recalibrated

The Matrix Recalibrated

Self

2004
The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions

Councillor West

2003

The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

Self

2003
The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded

Councillor West

2003
Motown 40: The Music is Forever

Motown 40: The Music is Forever

Self

1998
Black Is… Black Ain’t

Black Is… Black Ain’t

Self

1995
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

Self

1994

The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

Self

1992