Who Needs a Heart
(1991)
Director:
John Akomfrah
Writer:
John Akomfrah
Cast:
Caroline Burghard, Treva Etienne, Ruth Gemmell
The tumultuous life of the controversial 1960s black revolutionary (and convicted murderer) Michael X is illustrated by a kaleidoscopic melding of sound and images. The radically discordant free jazz soundtrack provides a surreal counterpoint to the mix of newsreel and staged footage in this exhilarating experiment in documentary storytelling.