Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Watch Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Type: Movie Category: DocumentaryYear: 2022Details
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.
- Genres: Documentary, History
- Language: English, French
Cast & Crew
- Cast:Sandra Nkake , Melvin Van Peebles , Max Van Peebles , Marguerite Van Peebles , Mike Sargent , Mario Van Peebles , Reginald Hudlin , Sandra Rush
- Director: Catherine Bernstein, Martine Delumeau
