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Release Date:
March 16, 2022
Original Title:
Naissance d'un héros noir au cinéma : Sweet Sweetback
Alternate Titles:
Der Pate des Black Cinema – Melvin Van Peebles und Sweet Sweetbacks Lied
Melvin Van Peebles: narodziny czarnej gwiazdy kina
Melvin Van Peebles: «Sweet Sweetback» – La nascita di un eroe nero al cinema
Nacimiento de un héroe negro en el cine: Sweet Sweetback
Sweet Black Film : Naissance du héros noir à Hollywood
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of a Black Hero
The Birth of a Black Movie Hero: Sweet Sweetback
Genres:
Documentary | History
Production Companies:
13 Prods
ARTE
Pop'Films
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 53
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
Director of Photography:
Jérôme Colin
Editor:
Benoît Alavoine
Sound:
Pasquin Mariani
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