Angela Davis
Acting Born Jan 26, 1944 Birmingham, Alabama, USA 54 credits
Biography
Angela Davis works in acting. Born January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Archytele tracks 54 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.
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Career timeline
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie MaeDuels of HistoryWalter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know
Stamped from the BeginningBetye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était présidentQueer, Broke & Amazing!Breaking MythsOur Bodies Are Your Battlefields
Praise SongWhen I See Them, I See UsRace Class Gender · Novel
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da LiberdadeEmicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I AmThis Is Personal
13thFree CeCe!The Occupation of the American Mind · ThanksThe House on Coco Road
Toni Morrison Remembers
Criminal Queers
Free Angela and All Political PrisonersPieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life
Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation
The Black List: Volume Two
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
The Peace!
A Huey P. Newton Story
Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California
Herbert's Hippopotamus: Marcuse and Revolution in Paradise
Black Is… Black Ain’t
A Place of Rage
La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85
Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock
Salt of the earth US
ApostrophesLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
Who Loves the Earth
Davis ReportAngela Davis: Portrait of a RevolutionaryGeorge Jackson/San Quentin Prison 1972Malcolm XFür Angela
Angela Davis Is at Your MercyOcchio privato sul nuovo mondoPolice Off Campus!
World in Action
Full Filmography
54 titles- Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Duels of History (2024)
- Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know (2024) as Featuring
- Stamped from the Beginning (2023) as Self
- Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight (2023)
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Queer, Broke & Amazing! (2022)
- Breaking Myths (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields (2022) as Self
- Praise Song (2021) as Self
- When I See Them, I See Us (2021)
- Race Class Gender (2021) Novel
- De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade (2020) as Self
- Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019) as Self
- This Is Personal (2019) as Self
- 13th (2016) as Self
- Free CeCe! (2016) as Self
- The Occupation of the American Mind (2016) Thanks
- The House on Coco Road (2016) as Self
- Toni Morrison Remembers (2015) as Self
- Criminal Queers (2013) as Self
- Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012) as Self
- Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams (2012) as Self
- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011) as Self (voice)
- Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life (2011) as Herself
- Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation (2010) as Self
- The Black List: Volume Two (2009) as Self
- The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) as Self
- The Peace! (2005) as Self
- A Huey P. Newton Story (2001) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California (1998) as Narrator
- Herbert's Hippopotamus: Marcuse and Revolution in Paradise (1997) as Self
- Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995) as Self
- A Place of Rage (1991) as Self
- La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85 (1985) as Self
- Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock (1983) as Self
- Salt of the earth US (1981) as Self/Cameo
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- Who Loves the Earth (1974) as Self
- Davis Report (1972) as Self
- Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (1972) as Self
- George Jackson/San Quentin Prison 1972 (1972) as Self
- Malcolm X (1972) as Self (archive footage)
- Für Angela (1972) as Self
- Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy (1970) as Self
- Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo (1970)
- Police Off Campus! (1970) as Herself
- World in Action (1963)
- Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future as Self
- Assignment America
- Untitled Assata Shakur Documentary as Self
- Untitled Assata Shakur Documentary Executive Producer
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Angela Davis best known for?
Angela Davis is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae (2024), Sense and Sensibility (1981), Enemigo íntimo (2018), Apostrophes (1975).
When and where was Angela Davis born?
Angela Davis was born on January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
How many credits does Angela Davis have?
Angela Davis has accumulated over 54 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1963 to 2024.
What is Angela Davis's background in cinema and television?
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 inclu...
Angela Davis by the numbers
54credits
49films
5TV series
1963–2024active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae (2024) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 80
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self — aged about 31
- World in Action (1963) — aged about 19
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self — aged about 31
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