UNESCO Breaking the Chains Award

500 Years Later, a film written and produced by M.K. Asante, Jr., has won UNESCO's Breaking the Chains award at the Zanzibar International Film Festival.

 

Book Deal with St. Martin's Press

M.K. Asante, Jr's new book, Post Hip-Hop Generation, will be published by St. Martin's Press. No release date has been set yet. Stay tuned for updates.

 

Maya Angelou Narrates New Film

M.K. Asante, Jr. writes and directs a made-for-tv movie, co-written with Maya Angelou, who also narrates the film. Stay tuned for more info.

 
Professor M.K. Asante, Jr.

M.K. Asante, Jr. joins the English faculty at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. Asante will teach creative writing and screenwriting.

 

Asante on Front Page of Inquirer

M.K. Asante, Jr. is featured on the front page of the Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer.
 

Black Reader Book Award

Beautiful. And Ugly Too wins a Black Reader Best Book award for Poetry in 2006.
 

Harlem Film Festival Win

500 Years Later wins Best Int'l Documentary award at Harlem Int'l Film Festival.
 

500 Years Later Makes History

500 Years Later screens in front of one of the largest audience in film history.