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.

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Cast

Sandra Nkaké actor Melvin Van Peebles actor

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Max Van Peebles actor

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Marguerite Van Peebles actor

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Mike Sargent actor Mario Van Peebles actor Reginald Hudlin actor

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Sandra Rush actor

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Donna Dubrow actor Bill Duke actor

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Philip Hart actor Mandela Van Peebles actor