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Variety (1964) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Variety (1948) / The Mark of Zorro (1920) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Screenland (1947) / The Lost World (1925) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Cine-Mundial (1946) / He Walked by Night (1948) /
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Hugh Masekela
Born
4 April 1939
Died
23 January 2018
Place
Witbank, South Arfrica
Acting

Hugh Masekela

Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring Him Back Home". He also had a number-one US pop hit in 1968 with his version of "Grazing in the Grass".

As actor

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021 · Self (archive footage)
I Am Thalente

I Am Thalente

2015 · Self
Alekesam

Alekesam

2013
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

2011 · Self
Soul Power

Soul Power

2009 · Self (archive footage)

Sophiatown

2003 · Self
Freedom Beat

Freedom Beat

2003 · Self
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

2002 · Self

Blue Notes and Exiled Voices

1992
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

1990 · Self
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

1990
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

1988 · Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988 · Self
Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert

Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert

1987 · Self

We Are Universal

1971
Monterey Pop

Monterey Pop

1968 · Self