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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

Cast

Sandra Nkake

Self - Narrator (voice)

Melvin Van Peebles

Self

Max Van Peebles

Self

Marguerite Van Peebles

Self

Mario Van Peebles

Self

Sandra Rush

Self

Bill Duke

Self

Philip Hart

Self

Mandela Van Peebles

Self

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