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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
Bill DukeSelf
Philip HartSelf
Mandela Van Peebles
Mandela Van PeeblesSelf
Crew
Catherine Bernstein
Catherine BernsteinDirector
Benoît Alavoine
Benoît AlavoineEditor
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