Known for Camera
Henry Adebonojo is a New York City based cinematographer and photographer with a 25-year background in creating images and films. His work spans a variety of genres and pursuits - documentary films, promos and commercials, music videos, and various other television projects. These include the Academy Award nominated documentary "I Am Not Your Negro" and the Emmy nominated "Half Past Autumn" for Magnolia Pictures and HBO respectively.
Filmography
23 films, 2 shows


W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026 · 1h 52m · US
Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today.


The League
2023 · 1h 43m · US
The triumphs and challenges of Negro League baseball in the early 20th century. Through rare footage and interviews with iconic players like Satchel Paige and Buck O'Neil, as well as Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, the film highlights the league's pivotal role in Black communities and the impact of integration.


Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
2022 · 1h 53m · US
A documentary exploring the life, career, art and legacy of Marian Anderson.


Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021 · 1h 25m · US
An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976 exhibition, "Two Centuries of Black American Art."


Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · 1h 55m · UK
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).


Maynard
2017 · 1h 39m · US
Director Sam Pollard constructs a portrait of charismatic trailblazer Maynard Jackson, who became Atlanta’s first black mayor in 1973. The son of pastors raised in the segregated South, Jackson entered college at 14 and took office at 35. During his three-term tenure, he led the city through the traumatic Atlanta child murders scare and triumphantly hosted the 1996 Olympics, all while championing racial equality. Family and colleagues, including Bill Clinton, Andrew Young and Al Sharpton, tell the epic story of a dynamic leader and his legacy of honor and progress.


I Am Not Your Negro
2017 · 1h 33m · BE
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.


Habla y vota
2016 · 54m · US
A one-hour, non-partisan program in English and Spanish encouraging Latinos to vote. It features inspiring stories of leading Latino celebrities and media personalities such as María Celeste Arrarás, Prince Royce, Jorge Ramos and Adrienne Bailon, who are on a mission to make the voice of the Latino community heard in 2016.
In a Perfect World
In a Perfect World
2015 · 1h 15m · US
A documentary springing from the directors own relationship with her son who lacks a consistent relationship with his father.


Habla Men
2014 · 58m · US
Habla Men will enlighten audiences on what it means to be Latino in the United States through the perspective of a diverse group of Hispanic role models whose personal stories are told straight into the camera. Raw, humorous yet sincere, this series will feature the likes of a handsome sensitive man, a "tough guy" actor, a gay championship boxer, a legendary wrestler, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and a 6'2 transgendered blond bombshell among others. The personal experiences each of the participants openly disclose will keep viewers not only entertained, but challenge preconceived notions.


Habla Women
2013 · 56m · US
Take a uniquely Latina view of life in the United States in this no-holds-barred 10th installment in the 'Habla' series. From a newspaper CEO-publisher to an Olympic boxing medalist, and many others, this special charts the joys of challenges faced by U.S. Latinas of all ages and backgrounds.


Celebrity Habla
2009 · 53m · US
See what celebrated Latino actors, newsmakers and a musical legend have to say about being Latino in the U.S. in this sixth installment in the award-winning documentary series.


Mr. Untouchable
2007 · 1h 32m · US
The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord. Follow his life story from his rough childhood to the last days of his life.


Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
2005 · 1h 39m · US
A movie about making movies about making movies. In 1968, William Greaves shot several pairs of actors in a scene in which a woman confronts her husband and ends their relationship. In "Take 2 1/2," Greaves starts with 1968 takes of one of these pairs of actors plus footage of the crew discussing the film's progress. Then, 35 years later, Greaves brings back to Central Park those actors and some of the original crew (plus others) to film a reunion of the characters Alice and Freddie. We watch scenes of these characters and discussions among the actors and crew. Greaves explores and dramatizes the dialectic in the creative process.


Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000 · 1h 31m · US
An intimate look at the life and career of Gordon Parks a true Renaissance man who has excelled as a photographer, novelist, journalist, poet, musician and filmmaker.
On Hallowed Ground: Streetball Champions of Rucker Park
On Hallowed Ground: Streetball Champions of Rucker Park
2000 · 1h 30m · US
Rucker Park in Harlem, New York, is the birthplace of street basketball.


Hav Plenty
1997 · 1h 32m · US
Lee Plenty is an almost broke would-be novelist and Havilland Savage is a rich and very beautiful woman and his friend. When she invites him to her home for New Year's Eve, they start to build up a romance.