Cornel West
Acting
- Born:
- 1953-06-02
- Place of birth:
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion. West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their "radical conditionedness". West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism.
Known For
Filmography
De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski
Tax Broke
Israelism
137 Shots
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
When I See Them, I See Us
The Big Scary “S” Word
Bernie Blackout
We Are George Floyd
Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story
No Safe Spaces
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
The Corporate Coup D'État
American Tap
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left
Chasing Trane
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
Kareem: Minority of One
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Occupy: The Movie
Owned & Operated
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
East Meets West: Hindi & Christian Perspectives on God, Love, & Spiritual Activism
Fear of a Black Republican
Still Bill
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Stand
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Examined Life
Q&A
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
30 Rock
The Colbert Report
Street Fight
Black in the 80s
The Matrix Recalibrated
The Matrix Revolutions
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
The Matrix Reloaded
Real Time with Bill Maher
Democracy Now!
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
The Chris Rock Show
Black Is… Black Ain’t
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White
Charlie Rose
Fariba