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

Catherine Bernstein

2022 • 53m

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 ...

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

Cast

Sandra Nkake

Sandra NkakeSelf - Narrator (voice)

Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van PeeblesSelf

Max Van PeeblesSelf

Marguerite Van PeeblesSelf

Mike SargentSelf

Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van PeeblesSelf

Reginald Hudlin

Reginald HudlinSelf

Sandra RushSelf

Donna DubrowSelf

Bill Duke

Philip HartSelf

Mandela Van Peebles

Mandela Van PeeblesSelf

Crew

Catherine Bernstein

Catherine BernsteinDirector

Benoît Alavoine

Benoît AlavoineEditor

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