BaadAsssss Cinema
14/08/2002
1h



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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.
Cast


Larry Cohen
Self


Tamara Dobson
Self
Ron Finley
Self


Pam Grier
Self
Ed Guerrero
Self


Isaac Hayes
Self


Gloria Hendry
Self
bell hooks
Self
Roy Innis
Self


Jesse Jackson
Self


Samuel L. Jackson
Self


Max Julien
Self


Jim Kelly
Self


Yaphet Kotto
Self


Curtis Mayfield
Self


Elvis Mitchell
Self


Ron O'Neal
Self


Gordon Parks
Self


Richard Roundtree
Self


Afeni Shakur
Self


Quentin Tarantino
Self


Melvin Van Peebles
Self
Armond White
Self


Fred Williamson
Self


Jim Brown
Self
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