Release Date

14 Aug, 2002

Runtime

00:58: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A bold look at 70's blaxploitation films.

With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than a complete record. It features interviews with some of the genre's biggest stars, like Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, and Richard Roundtree. Director Melvin Van Peebles discusses the historical importance of his landmark film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. For a contemporary perspective, the excitable Quentin Tarantino offers his spirited commentary and author/critic bell hooks provides some scholarly social analysis.

Original Title

BaadAsssss Cinema

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Actors

Larry Cohen

Tamara Dobson

Ron Finley

Pam Grier

Ed Guerrero

Isaac Hayes

Gloria Hendry

bell hooks

Roy Innis

Jesse Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Max Julien

Jim Kelly

Yaphet Kotto

Curtis Mayfield

Elvis Mitchell

Ron O'Neal

Gordon Parks

Richard Roundtree

Afeni Shakur

Quentin Tarantino

Crew

Isaac Julien

Andy Cowton

Neal Brown

Gary Kinkead

Jonathan Partridge

Adam Finch