Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Zephaniah

Born: April 15, 1958
Died: December 7, 2023
in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (April 15, 1958 - December 7, 2023) was a British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.

Movies for Benjamin Zephaniah...

Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Title: Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 2024
Type: Movie
Written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, with direction and choreography by Rambert’s artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer. Opening in the trenches of Flanders, a personal story unfolds in postwar industrial Birmingham as the Shelby family navigate the decisions that determine their fate, and Tommy is intoxicated by mysterious newcomer Grace. While Tommy is building his empire, Grace is operating as an undercover agent for Special Branch on a mission to get close to the heart of Tommy’s gang. As the story unfolds, hearts are broken, and revenge is sought.
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Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Title: Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Character: Self
Released: November 24, 2020
Type: Movie
Film following the acclaimed Birmingham based artist, known for his controversial satirical collages, as he embarks on a UK wide outdoor art installation.
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Title: Life & Rhymes
Character: Himself
Released: November 4, 2020
Type: TV
Life & Rhymes is the first show of its kind in the UK, solely dedicated to spoken word performance it celebrates the very best poetry and spoken word talent the UK has to offer.
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Title: The Big Narstie Show
Character: Self
Released: June 29, 2018
Type: TV
Grime legend and social media sensation Big Narstie hosts an anarchic studio show along with his co-host, and the hottest comedian in town, Mo Gilligan.
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Title: Frankie Boyle's New World Order
Character: Self
Released: June 8, 2017
Type: TV
In an attempt to make sense of the bewildering world we live in, Frankie Boyle dissects the week's news using stand-up, review, discussion and audience interaction.
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Title: Peaky Blinders
Character: Jeremiah Jesus
Released: September 12, 2013
Type: TV
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
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Title: Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character: Self - Participant
Released: October 24, 2011
Type: TV
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
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Making the Connection
Title: Making the Connection
Character: Himself
Released: May 18, 2010
Type: Movie
The film features eleven diverse contributors, which helps to maintain the upbeat pace and we included music from two Internationally renowned vegan hip-hop artists Promoe and Jah Sun to add to the contemporary feel of the film
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Title: The Big Questions
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2007
Type: TV
Nicky Campbell hosts a series of moral, ethical and religious debates.
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A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah
Title: A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah
Character: Self
Released: June 8, 2005
Type: Movie
Poet Benjamin Zephaniah revisits the place of his birth, Birmingham, on a mission to compose a new poem, which he will then read out on the streets of the city. While there, he watches Aston Villa and revisits the approved school he went to when he was a child.
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Title: QI
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2003
Type: TV
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
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Mad Dogs
Title: Mad Dogs
Character: Poet
Released: December 5, 2002
Type: Movie
London, one year from today... The dogs of England are dying, of "Mad Dog Disease," and Rabbie Burns, young drifter and certified schizophrenic, is hearing voices again - on Underground trains, over supermarket tannoys, and on his own T.V. He has 30 hours, a last weekend, to save the world from itself, before the "Supreme Being" himself loses patience and starts over, with a new species...
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I Bring You Frankincense
Title: I Bring You Frankincense
Character: Richard's father
Released: November 23, 1996
Type: Movie
"A rites of passage drama about a mixed race boy called Sunshine who leaves Guildford in [the] 1970's and moves to London." - BFI
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Truth or Dairy
Title: Truth or Dairy
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
This classic Vegan Society video remains one of the most entertaining and informative introductions to veganism. Viewers will learn why avoiding meat, leather, dairy and eggs is not only the most healthy way to live but also the most compassionate. Highly recommended for both existing vegans and anyone considering becoming a vegan.
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Dread Poets' Society
Title: Dread Poets' Society
Character: Self
Released: September 23, 1992
Type: Movie
Benjamin Zephaniah, renowned Rastafarian poet/rapper is traveling by train from Birmingham to Cambridge to receive his Creative Arts Fellowship sharing a carriage with a racist and philistine car spares salesman played by Timothy Spall; by chance the poets Keats, Byron, Shelley and writer Mary Shelley are transported from a séance they are conducting in The Villa Como by a freak electrical storm. A battle of wits, drug taking and poetry performance ensues!
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Farendj
Title: Farendj
Character: Moses
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A young man travels with his French girlfriend to Ethiopia. Whilst there he discovers a house in which the French poet Rimbaud once lived and he becomes obsessed with finding out more information about him.
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Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Title: Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Character: Rufus
Released: March 19, 1988
Type: Movie
Carl Moss leaves jail,where he has taken the rap for his evil twin Sterling,and has been declared a model prisoner. Pauline Sneek,his probation officer - and girlfriend - gets him community work teaching youngsters how to lead law-abiding lives. This displeases Sterling,as he needs the young delinquents for his bicycle stealing ring.
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Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile
Title: Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile
Character: Street Corner Poet 1
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Time and Judgement is a sci-fi/documentary that combines biblical prophecy with events across the African diaspora between 1980 and 1987. Archive footage includes Haile Selassie, Bob Marley, Kwame Nkrumah, Maurice Bishop, Walter Rodney, Kwame Toure, Bernie Grant.
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Who Killed Colin Roach?
Title: Who Killed Colin Roach?
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Who Killed Colin Roach? is Isaac Julien's first film, which reflects upon the death of Colin Roach, a 23 year old who was shot at the entrance of a police station in East London, in 1982. Even though the police claimed Roach had commited suicide, evidence showed otherwise. Isaac Julien says that this work is essentially a response to the riots, an answer to certain fixed ways of looking at black cultures, but also at those ways we might feel about ourselves.
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Benjamin Zephaniah - Pen Rhythm Poet
Title: Benjamin Zephaniah - Pen Rhythm Poet
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 1982
Type: Movie
Channel 4 documentary on the rastafarian poet which marked his TV debut.
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Title: The Comic Strip Presents...
Character: Rufus
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
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Title: Question Time
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: September 25, 1979
Type: TV
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.