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

Directed by Catherine Bernstein53mDocumentary,History

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.

Year
2022
Country
FR
Language
French
Release date
16 March 2022
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7.5 (4)
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Sandra Nkake
Sandra Nkake
Self - Narrator (voice)
Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles
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Max Van Peebles
Self
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Marguerite Van Peebles
Self
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Mike Sargent
Self
Mario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles
Self
Reginald Hudlin
Reginald Hudlin
Self
S
Sandra Rush
Self
D
Donna Dubrow
Self
Bill Duke
Bill Duke
Self
P
Philip Hart
Self
Mandela Van Peebles
Mandela Van Peebles
Self

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