Marcus Shelby

Sound

Biography

Marcus Anthony Shelby is an American composer, bassist, bandleader, and educator who currently lives in San Francisco, California. His work focuses on the history, present, and future of African-American lives, social movements, and music education.

Filmography

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Notes from the Field

A dramatization of the accounts of the students, parents, teachers and administrators caught in America’s school-to-prison pipeline, which pushes underprivileged, minority youth out of the classroom and into incarceration.

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King of the Bingo Game

Harlem, 1943. Sonny is a struggling African American who frequents the bingo parlor in a desperate attempt to provide for his family in post-Depression era New York.

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Ralph Ellison: An American Journey

The life and work of author Ralph Ellison, whose novel "Invisible Man" won him many awards and honors.

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