Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
2022
53 minutes
Overview
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.
Watch providers
Streaming
Top Cast
Sandra Nkake
Self - Narrator (voice)
Melvin Van Peebles
Self
Max Van Peebles
Self
Marguerite Van Peebles
Self
Mike Sargent
Self
Mario Van Peebles
Self
Reginald Hudlin
Self
Sandra Rush
Self
Donna Dubrow
Self
Bill Duke
Self
Philip Hart
Self
Mandela Van Peebles
Self