Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
2022
7.5 (4)
53 min
French
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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 13 Prods, ARTE, Pop'Films
Keywords
- cinema on cinema
- blaxploitation cinema
- cinema history
- usa cinema
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Top Cast
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
Top Crew
Catherine Bernstein · Director
Martine Delumeau · Director
Jérôme Colin · Cinematographer
Benoît Alavoine · Editor
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