Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood2022
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Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
53m·Documentary, History
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8.0/10 avgAverage user ratingIn 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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Sandra NkakeSelf - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) |
 Melvin Van PeeblesSelf | Self |
| MMax Van PeeblesSelf | Self |
| MMarguerite Van PeeblesSelf | Self |
| MMike SargentSelf | Self |
 Mario Van PeeblesSelf | Self |
 Reginald HudlinSelf | Self |
| SSandra RushSelf | Self |
| DDonna DubrowSelf | Self |
 Bill DukeSelf | Self |
| PPhilip HartSelf | Self |
 Mandela Van PeeblesSelf | Self |