Menelik Shabazz, the director and writer who blazed a trail for black film-makers in the UK, has died.
In a statement his family said: “Menelik was a passionate film-maker and forged the way for many black film-makers …
Shabazz was working on a new project, The Spirits Return, his first full-length fiction feature since his 1981 debut, Burning an Illusion.
Re-energised, Shabazz then released another documentary, Looking for Love, in 2015, about dating and relationships in the black British community, to positive reviews; the Guardian called it “engaging and sympathetic”.