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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.
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| Release : | 2022 |
| Rating : | 6.3 |
| Studio : | ARTE, 13 Prods, Pop'Films, |
| Crew : | Director of Photography, Director, |
| Cast : | Sandra Nkake Melvin Van Peebles Mario Van Peebles Reginald Hudlin Bill Duke |
| Genre : | History Documentary |
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It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
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Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
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