Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
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Directed by Catherine Bernstein, Martine Delumeau
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The 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
Sandra Nkake
Melvin Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles
Reginald Hudlin
Bill Duke
Mandela Van PeeblesExplore the crew
- Director
- Catherine Bernstein
- Editor
- Benoît Alavoine
- Director
- Martine Delumeau
- Director of Photography
- Jérôme Colin