Naissance d'un héros noir au cinéma : Sweet Sweetback (2022)

2022-03-1653 min⭐ 8/10
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

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

Original Title: Naissance d'un héros noir au cinéma : Sweet Sweetback

Release Date: 2022-03-16

Status: Released

Rating: 8/10 (from 2 votes)

Language: FR

Genres: Documentary, History

Production Companies: 13 Prods, ARTE, Pop'Films

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.

Cast

Sandra Nkake

Sandra Nkake

Self - Narrator (voice)

Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Self

Max Van Peebles

Max Van Peebles

Self

Marguerite Van Peebles

Marguerite Van Peebles

Self

Mike Sargent

Mike Sargent

Self

Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles

Self

Reginald Hudlin

Reginald Hudlin

Self

Sandra Rush

Sandra Rush

Self

Donna Dubrow

Donna Dubrow

Self

Bill Duke

Bill Duke

Self

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