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

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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.

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

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Cast

Sandra Nkake
Sandra Nkake as Self - Narrator (voice) Age 52 · Yaoundé, Cameroon Sandra Nkaké (born 15 November 1973) is a French-Cameroonian actress and singer. Nkaké was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon in 1973. At the age of 12, she moved to France. Nkaké was passionate about music f...
Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles as Self Died 2021 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was...
Mario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles as Self Age 69 · Mexico City, Mexico Mario Cain Peebles Marx (born January 15, 1957) is a Mexican-born American director and actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films. He is son of filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles. Description abov...
Reginald Hudlin
Reginald Hudlin as Self Age 64 · Centreville, Illinois, USA Reginald Alan Hudlin is an American writer and film director..
Bill Duke
Bill Duke as Self Age 83 · Poughkeepsie, New York, USA William Henry "Bill" Duke, Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke's acting work frequently dwells within the action/crime an...
Mandela Van Peebles
Mandela Van Peebles as Self Age 31
Director Catherine Bernstein
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

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