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

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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.

DirectorsCatherine Bernstein·Martine Delumeau

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Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood isn't on any streaming service in Philippines right now, but it's available in Brazil. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Catherine Bernstein

SNSandra Nkake
Sandra Nkake
Self - Narrator (voice)
MPMelvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles
Self
MP
Max Van Peebles
Self
MP
Marguerite Van Peebles
Self
MS
Mike Sargent
Self
MPMario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles
Self
RHReginald Hudlin
Reginald Hudlin
Self
SR
Sandra Rush
Self
DD
Donna Dubrow
Self
BDBill Duke
Bill Duke
Self
PH
Philip Hart
Self
MPMandela Van Peebles
Mandela Van Peebles
Self

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