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

March. 16,2022      
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Sandra Nkake as  Self - Narrator (voice)
Melvin Van Peebles as  Self
Mario Van Peebles as  Self
Reginald Hudlin as  Self
Bill Duke as  Self
Mandela Van Peebles as  Self

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Reviews

Jeanskynebu
2022/03/16

the audience applauded

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AniInterview
2022/03/17

Sorry, this movie sucks

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SnoReptilePlenty
2022/03/18

Memorable, crazy movie

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Billy Ollie
2022/03/19

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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