Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood (2022)
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.
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Cast
Sandra Nkake | As: Self - Narrator (voice) | |
Melvin Van Peebles | As: Self | |
Max Van Peebles | As: Self | |
Marguerite Van Peebles | As: Self | |
Mike Sargent | As: Self |
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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.
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Cast
Sandra Nkake |
Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Melvin Van Peebles |
Self |
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Max Van Peebles |
Self |
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Marguerite Van Peebles |
Self |
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Mike Sargent |
Self |
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Mario Van Peebles |
Self |
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Reginald Hudlin |
Self |
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Sandra Rush |
Self |
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Donna Dubrow |
Self |
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Bill Duke |
Self |
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Philip Hart |
Self |
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Mandela Van Peebles |
Self |
Directed By
Catherine Bernstein |
Director |
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Martine Delumeau |
Director |
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Production Crew
Edited By
Benoît Alavoine |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Sound
Pasquin Mariani |
Sound |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Jérôme Colin |
Director of Photography |
Lighting
Art Department
Other Crew
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