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BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)

BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)

Action Documentary

A bold look at 70's blaxploitation films.

Release Date: 2002, August 14
Directors: Isaac Julien
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Yaphet Kotto, Pam Grier, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, Jim Brown, Isaac Hayes, Gloria Hendry, Melvin Van Peebles, Ron O'Neal, Elvis Mitchell

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

1970s interview blaxploitation cinema