Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

7.5 2022 53 min

Documentary 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 move…

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Directors: Catherine Bernstein, Martine Delumeau

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Sandra Nkake Self - Narrator (voice)

Melvin Van Peebles Self

Max Van Peebles Self

Marguerite Van Peebles Self

Mike Sargent Self

Mario Van Peebles Self

Reginald Hudlin Self

Sandra Rush Self

Donna Dubrow Self

Bill Duke Self

Philip Hart Self

Mandela Van Peebles Self

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