Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood (2022)
Release Date: 16 March 2022
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.
Runtime: 53 min
Vote Average: 8
Vote Count: 3
Production Companies : 13 Prods, ARTE, Pop'Films,
Production Countries: France
Budget: $ 0
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Cast
Sandra Nkake
Melvin Van Peebles
Max Van Peebles
Marguerite Van Peebles
Mike Sargent
Mario Van Peebles
Reginald Hudlin
Sandra Rush
Donna Dubrow
Bill Duke
Philip Hart
Mandela Van Peebles
