Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
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Documentary, History
•- Runtime
- 53 mins
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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.
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.
Cast
- Sandra Nkake
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Max Van Peebles
- Marguerite Van Peebles
- Mike Sargent
- Mario Van Peebles
- Reginald Hudlin
- Sandra Rush
- Donna Dubrow
- Bill Duke
- Philip Hart
- Mandela Van Peebles
Director
- Catherine Bernstein
- Martine Delumeau
