- Country: USA
- Genres: Documentary
- Release: 2009-01-04
- Director: M.K. Asante
- Writers: Maya Angelou , M.K. Asante
- Language: English
- Stars: Maya Angelou
- Runtime: 71 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Black Candle (United States of America) , Kwanzaa , The Black Candle , The Black Candle (United Kingdom)
- Plot: A documentary about the struggle and triumph of African-American family, community, and culture, using Kwanzaa as a vehicle to celebrate the African-American experience. The seven principles of Kwanzaa (unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith) are so important to African-Americans today. The documentary explores the holiday's growth out of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s to its present-day reality as a global, pan-African holiday embraced by over 40 million celebrants.
- IMDB:tt1204882
The Black Candle Cast · · · ALL
M.K. Asante
Director
Maya Angelou
Herself (Narration)
Jim Brown
Chuck D.
Self
Lovensky Jean-Baptiste