Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

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

Directed by Catherine Bernstein, Martine Delumeau

Documentary, History · 53m

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.

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Cast

Sandra Nkake Self - Narrator (voice) Melvin Van Peebles Self
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Max Van Peebles Self
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Marguerite Van Peebles Self
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Mike Sargent Self Mario Van Peebles Self Reginald Hudlin Self
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Sandra Rush Self
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Donna Dubrow Self Bill Duke Self
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Philip Hart Self Mandela Van Peebles Self

Crew

Director
Catherine Bernstein, Martine Delumeau
Director of Photography
Jérôme Colin
Editor
Benoît Alavoine

Details

Original title
Naissance d'un héros noir au cinéma : Sweet Sweetback
Release date
2022-03-16
Runtime
53m
Genres
Documentary, History
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
English, French
Countries
France
Production
13 Prods, ARTE, Pop'Films