Film

Catch a Fire

199629mDocumentary Drama History

Director: Menelik Shabazz
Year: 1996

This award winning drama/doc tells the story of Paul Bogle, leader of the Morant Bay Rebellion 1865. This rebellion had a major impact on attitudes to race and empire in Victorian Britain, still present today.

Top cast

Burt Caesar

Narrator

Paul Campbell

Paul Bogle

Reginald Carter

Governor Eyre

Stuart Hall

Self

Directed by

Menelik Shabazz

Written by

Cecil Gutzmore, Menelik Shabazz

Produced by

Annabelle Alcazar