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

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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.

Directed byCatherine Bernstein, Martine Delumeau

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 53m
Language
FR
Released
March 16, 2022
Studios
13 ProdsARTEPop'Films

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Sandra Nkake

Sandra Nkake

Self - Narrator (voice)

Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Self

Max Van Peebles

Self

Marguerite Van Peebles

Self

Mike Sargent

Self

Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles

Self

Reginald Hudlin

Reginald Hudlin

Self

Sandra Rush

Self

Donna Dubrow

Self

Bill Duke

Bill Duke

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Catherine Bernstein
Catherine Bernstein
Martine Delumeau

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