Cornel West
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.
Personal Details
Movies (40)
De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski
as Self - Postcolonialism Philosopher
2024
Tax Broke
as Self
2024
137 Shots
as self
2021
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
as Self
2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
as Self
2021
Bernie Blackout
as Self
2020
We Are George Floyd
as Self
2020
No Safe Spaces
as Self
2019
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
as Self - Harvard University
2019
The Corporate Coup D'État
as Self - Philosopher
2018
American Tap
as Self
2018
The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left
as Self
2017
Chasing Trane
as Self - Philosopher
2017
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
as Self
2017
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2016
America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote
as Self
2016
Kareem: Minority of One
as Self
2015
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
2014
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
as Self
2013
Owned & Operated
as Cornel West
2012
Sinister
Thanks (Crew)
2012
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
as Self
2011
East Meets West: Hindi & Christian Perspectives on God, Love, & Spiritual Activism
as Self
2011
Fear of a Black Republican
as Self
2011
Still Bill
as Self
2010
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
as Don Sexton
2009
Stand
as Self
2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
2009
Examined Life
as Self
2008
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
as Self (as Dr. Cornel West)
2008
Street Fight
as Self
2005
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
2004
The Matrix Revolutions
as Councillor West
2003
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
as Self
2003
The Matrix Reloaded
as Councillor West
2003
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
as Self
1998
Black Is… Black Ain’t
as Self
1995
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
as Self
1994
The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White
as Self
1992
TV Shows (9)
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
as Self
2021
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018
Q&A
as Self - Panelist
2008
30 Rock
as Cornel West
2006
The Colbert Report
as Self
2005
Black in the 80s
as Self
2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Charlie Rose
as Self
1991