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

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

Original title: Naissance d'un héros noir au cinéma : Sweet Sweetback

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3/16/2022

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0h 53min

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

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Synopsis

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.

Direction: Catherine Bernstein

Direction: Martine Delumeau

Cast

Sandra Nkake

Sandra Nkake

Self - Narrator (voice)

Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Self

Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles

Self

Reginald Hudlin

Reginald Hudlin

Self

Bill Duke

Bill Duke

Self

Mandela Van Peebles

Mandela Van Peebles

Self