Le documentaire culturel Sweet Black Film: The Birth of a Black Hero
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary

Le documentaire culturel

Sweet Black Film: The Birth of a Black Hero

TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary

In 1971, Melvin Van Peebles, an independent filmmaker far ahead of his time, released a mind-blowing piece of avant-garde cinema - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. It broke all the rules, inventing its own grammar and proclaiming its ...See moreIn 1971, Melvin Van Peebles, an independent filmmaker far ahead of his time, released a mind-blowing piece of avant-garde cinema - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. It broke all the rules, inventing its own grammar and proclaiming its emancipation from cinematic conventions. It turned the Hollywood studio system on its head, creatively sidestepping prevailing constraints and scrounging up alternative financing. Most importantly, Van Peebles splashed Black Power across the big screen in a way people had never seen before, depicting a heroic character who both defies "the man" and illustrates the oppression of Blacks, from slavery to the Watts riots. Written by Flying Free Films See less

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Harry Baird Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Italian Job (1969)
Nicole Berger Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
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Godfrey Cambridge Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Simon Chuckster Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
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Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
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Estelle Parsons Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
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Mike Sargent Self Self See fewer	Bad Boys: A Documentary
Hubert Scales Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
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Jack Valenti Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freakazoid! (1995)
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