Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Fans of Documentary, History films may find Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood especially interesting thanks to its engaging atmosphere, visual presentation, and entertainment value.
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.
