Stuart Hall

Born: 1932-02-03

Stuart Henry McPhail Hall (3 February 1932 – 10 February 2014) was a Jamaican-born British Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist, and political activist. In the 1950s Hall was a founder of the influential New Left Review. At Hoggart's invitation, he joined the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) at Birmingham University in 1964. Hall took over from Hoggart as acting director of the CCCS in 1968, became its director in 1972, and remained there until 1979.[3] While at the centre, Hall is credited with playing a role in expanding the scope of cultural studies to deal with race and gender, and with helping to incorporate new ideas derived from the work of French theorists such as Michel Foucault. Hall left the centre in 1979 to become a professor of sociology at the Open University. He was President of the British Sociological Association from 1995 to 1997. He retired from the Open University in 1997. After his death in 2014, Stuart Hall was described as "one of the most influential intellectuals of the last sixty years".


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White Riot

as Himself - Archival Material
Released: 2020-04-03

Exploring how punk influenced politics in late-1970s Britain, when a group of artists united to...

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Looking for Langston

as British voice (voice)
Released: 1989-10-31

A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem...

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The Homecoming: A Short Film About Ajamu

as Himself
Released: 1996-01-05

Queer activist and artist Ajamu prepares to leave Brixton for an exhibition of his work in his...

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The Stuart Hall Project

as uncredited
Released: 2013-01-18

A person’s culture is something that is often described as fixed or defined and rooted in a...

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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

as Himself
Released: 1996-10-09

Explores the life and work of the psychoanalytic theorist and activist Frantz Fanon who was born...

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The Spectre of Marxism

as Self
Released: 1983-10-15

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks...

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It Ain’t Half Racist, Mum

as Himself
Released: 1979-03-01

Academic and activist Stuart Hall and actor and activist Maggie Steed present a rigorous...

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Stuart Hall: Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life

as uncredited
Released: 2021-01-01

In one of Stuart Hall's most famous lectures, Hall speaks with dazzling precision about the...

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Stuart Hall: Race, The Floating Signifier

as Himself
Released: 1997-01-01

Stuart Hall offers an accessible and clarifying analysis of the social construction of race and...

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Personally Speaking: A Long Conversation with Stuart Hall

as uncredited
Released: 2009-01-01

In this stimulating and eloquent four-hour interview, conducted by the literary journalist Maya...

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Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

as Himself
Released: 1997-01-01

Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the...

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The Last Interview: Stuart Hall on the Politics of Cultural Studies

as uncredited
Released: 2016-01-01

In this interview conducted shortly before his death in 2014, Stuart Hall, one of the seminal...

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Speaking with the Dead: Bill Schwarz on Preparing Stuart Hall’s Posthumous Memoir

as uncredited
Released: 2018-01-01

When the world-renowned cultural and political theorist Stuart Hall died in 2014, he left behind...

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Catch a Fire

as Self
Released: 1996-01-15

This award winning drama/doc tells the story of Paul Bogle, leader of the Morant Bay Rebellion...

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Stuart Hall: The Origins of Cultural Studies

as uncredited
Released: 2006-01-01

In this re-mastered lecture from 1989, Stuart Hall provides an extraordinarily clear summary of...

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CLR James Talking to Stuart Hall

as Himself
Released: 1984-01-01

Cyril Lionel Robert James (1901-1989) was a historian, journalist and contributor to Marxist...

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Breaking Point – The Sus Law Controversy

as Himself
Released: 1978-01-01

The use of an old Victorian law of ‘being a suspicious person’ commonly known as ‘sus’ was used...

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The Unfinished Conversation

as himself
Released: 2013-10-26

Through juxtaposing and layering archival footage with text, music and photographs, The...

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Redemption Song

as Presenter / Self
First aired: 1991-06-30

Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with...

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