Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood (2022)

Name: Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 16 Mar 2022
Rating: 3
Cast: Sandra Nkake, Melvin Van Peebles, Max Van Peebles, Marguerite Van Peebles, Mike Sargent

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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.

Release: Mar 16, 2022

Runtime: 53 minutes

Language: English, Français

Studio: 13 Prods, ARTE, Pop'Films

Country: France

Cast: Sandra Nkake, Melvin Van Peebles, Max Van Peebles, Marguerite Van Peebles, Mike Sargent, Mario Van Peebles

Crew: Catherine Bernstein (Director), Martine Delumeau (Director), Pasquin Mariani (Sound), Benoît Alavoine (Editor), Jérôme Colin (Director of Photography)

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