Angela Davis - Actor Profile

Angela Davis

Acting
41Total Films
9.0 Highest Rated
Born: Jan 26, 1944
Birth Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

About Angela Davis

Angela Davis is an American political activist, academic scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Her interests include prisoner rights; she co-founded Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She was a professor (now retired) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in its History of Consciousness Department and a former director of the university's Feminist Studies department.

Best Angela Davis Movies Ranked

Must-watch hits from Angela Davis's career based on audience ratings.

Complete Filmography & Success Status

Tracking the career evolution and box office verdicts of Angela Davis.

YearMovieCharacterSuccessMore
2024 Duels of History - Flop Similar →
2024 Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know Featuring Flop Similar →
2023 Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight - Flop Similar →
2023 Stamped from the Beginning Self Hit Similar →
2022 Breaking Myths Self (archive footage) Super Hit Similar →
2022 Queer, Broke & Amazing! - Flop Similar →
2022 Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields Self Super Hit Similar →
2022 La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président Self (archive footage) Hit Similar →
2021 Praise Song Self Flop Similar →
2020 Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday Self (archive footage) Super Hit Similar →
2020 De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade Self Flop Similar →
2019 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Self Super Hit Similar →
2019 This Is Personal Self Super Hit Similar →
2016 13th Self Super Hit Similar →
2016 The House on Coco Road Self Hit Similar →
2015 Toni Morrison Remembers Self Flop Similar →
2013 Criminal Queers Self Flop Similar →
2012 Free Angela and All Political Prisoners Self Hit Similar →
2012 Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams Self Flop Similar →
2011 The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Self (voice) Super Hit Similar →
2011 Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life Herself Flop Similar →
2010 Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation Self Average Similar →
2009 The Black List: Volume Two Self Average Similar →
2006 The U.S. vs. John Lennon Self Hit Similar →
2005 The Peace! Self Flop Similar →
2001 A Huey P. Newton Story Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Flop Similar →
1998 Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California Narrator Flop Similar →
1997 Herbert's Hippopotamus: Marcuse and Revolution in Paradise Self Super Hit Similar →
1995 Black Is… Black Ain’t Self Average Similar →
1991 A Place of Rage Self Flop Similar →
1985 La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85 Self Flop Similar →
1983 Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock Self Flop Similar →
1981 Salt of the earth US Self/Cameo Super Hit Similar →
1974 Who Loves the Earth Self Average Similar →
1972 Malcolm X Self (archive footage) Hit Similar →
1972 Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary Self Flop Similar →
1972 George Jackson/San Quentin Prison 1972 Self Flop Similar →
1972 Davis Report Self Flop Similar →
1970 Police Off Campus! Herself Flop Similar →
1970 Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy Self Hit Similar →
N/A Untitled Assata Shakur Documentary Self Flop Similar →

Angela Davis - Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best movie of Angela Davis?

According to audience ratings, the best movie starring Angela Davis is "Herbert's Hippopotamus: Marcuse and Revolution in Paradise" with a rating of 9.0/10.

How many movies has Angela Davis acted in?

Angela Davis has been featured in at least 41 major films throughout their career.

What are some other popular movies by Angela Davis?

Other notable films include "Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday", "Salt of the earth US", and "This Is Personal".