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

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


  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 2022-03-16
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 53min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 13 Prods
  • Production Country: France
  • Directors: Catherine Bernstein, Martine Delumeau.
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Summary

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.

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  • Sandra Nkake

    as Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Melvin Van Peebles

    as Self

  • Max Van Peebles

    as Self

  • Marguerite Van Peebles

    as Self

  • Mike Sargent

    as Self

  • Mario Van Peebles

    as Self

  • Reginald Hudlin

    as Self

  • Sandra Rush

    as Self

  • Donna Dubrow

    as Self

  • Bill Duke

    as Self

  • Philip Hart

    as Self

  • Mandela Van Peebles

    as Self
Directing Catherine Bernstein Director
Editing Benoît Alavoine Editor
Sound Pasquin Mariani Sound
Directing Martine Delumeau Director
Camera Jérôme Colin Director of Photography

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