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Everyone knows the phrase “Black is Beautiful,” but few know of the man who helped popularize it. Little known Harlem based photographer - freedom fighter and activist - Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. This feature documentary tells the story of Kwame and the “Black is Beautiful” movement.Read moreLess
Everyone knows the phrase “Black is Beautiful,” but few know of the man who helped popularize it. Little known Harlem based photographer - freedom fighter and activist - Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. This feature documentary tells the story of Kwame and the “Black is Beautiful” movement.
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Everyone knows the phrase “Black is Beautiful,” but few know of the man who helped popularize it. Little known Harlem based photographer - freedom fighter and activist - Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. This feature documentary tells the story of Kwame and the “Black is Beautiful” movement.
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- Director
- Yemi Bamiro
- Producer
- Ian Bonhôte
- Producer
- Joanna Boateng
- Producer
- Andrew Calof
- Producer
- Lizzie Gillett
- Editor
- Otto Burnham
- Director of Photography
- Jean-Louis Schuller
- Writer
- Yemi Bamiro
- Writer
- Otto Burnham
- Original Music Composer
- Kwes
- Original Music Composer
- Marli Wren