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

03/16/2022

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0hr 53min

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Documentary

,History

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Sandra Nkake
  • Melvin Van Peebles
  • Max Van Peebles
  • Marguerite Van Peebles
  • Mike Sargent

    Directors

  • Catherine Bernstein
  • Martine Delumeau

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • 13 Prods
  • ARTE
  • Pop'Films

    Production Countries

  • France

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • French