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

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.

Director: Catherine Bernstein, Martine Delumeau

Cast: Sandra Nkake, Melvin Van Peebles, Max Van Peebles, Marguerite Van Peebles, Mike Sargent, Mario Van Peebles, Reginald Hudlin, Sandra Rush

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