Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood (2022)

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Released:
2022-03-16

Overview:
In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: the story of the making of a seminal movie that initiated the Blaxploitation movement, a short-lived but highly influential sub-genre in the years that followed.

Directors:
Catherine Bernstein, Martine Delumeau

Runtime:
0h 53min

Genre:
Documentary, History

  • Cast:
  • Sandra Nkake
    as
    Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Melvin Van Peebles
    as
    Self
  • Max Van Peebles
    as
    Self
  • Marguerite Van Peebles
    as
    Self
  • Mike Sargent
    as
    Self