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
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Ron Finley
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Pam Grier
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Ed Guerrero
Self
Isaac Hayes
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Gloria Hendry
Self
bell hooks
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Roy Innis
Self
Jesse Jackson
Self
Samuel L. Jackson
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Max Julien
Self
Jim Kelly
Self
Yaphet Kotto
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Curtis Mayfield
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Elvis Mitchell
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Ron O'Neal
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Gordon Parks
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Richard Roundtree
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Afeni Shakur
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Quentin Tarantino
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Melvin Van Peebles
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Armond White
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Fred Williamson
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Jim Brown
Self
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