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Mood:
- CaptivatingThought ProvokingSincere
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Plot:
- Interracial RelationsDiscriminationPolitical UnrestRacismHopesSocietyIdealismUrban Ghetto Life more...
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Genres:
- DocumentaryHistoricalForeign
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary20th Century21st Century60s70s
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Place:
- USA
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- Critically AcclaimedPrestigious AwardsSundance Festival Winner
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Style:
- Voice OverArchive Footage
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- SeriousRealistic
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Look:
- Partly B&W
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, 2011
English, Swedish
Sweden
Profile of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 can be described as thought provoking, captivating, and sincere. The plot revolves around discrimination, racism, and political unrest. The main genres are documentary, foreign, and historical. In terms of style, it archive footage and includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in the USA. It takes place in the 1960s and in contemporary times. Visually, it is partly black and white. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed and a Sundance Festival winner.
Summary of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
From 1967 to 1975, fueled by curiosity and naïveté, Swedish journalists traversed the Atlantic Ocean to film the black power movement in America. The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material, which languished in a basement for 30 years, into an irresistible mosaic of images, music, and narration to chronicle the movement’s evolution. Mesmerizing footage of Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Angela Davis, and Eldridge Cleaver, as well as Black Panther activities, are peppered with B-roll footage of black America. These scenes take on a fresh, global angle through the outsider perspective of the Swedish lens.
Meanwhile, penetrating commentaries from artists and activists influenced by the struggle—like Harry Belafonte, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, and Professor Robin D. G. Kelley—riff on the range of radical ideas and strategies for liberation. Their insights and the vibrancy of the unearthed footage render the black power movement startlingly immediate and profoundly relevant.
Details
| Language: | English, Swedish |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Release date: | 9 March 2011 |
| Runtime: | 100 min |
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Users Reviews
- 15.September.2011
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- by: mathilda
- mathilda rated this movie
10/10Must See
