Film
Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
2025 · 1h 38m · Documentary
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Overview
Everyone knows the phrase “Black is Beautiful,” but few know of the man who helped popularize it. Little known Harlem based photographer - freedom fighter and activist - Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. This feature documentary tells the story of Kwame and the “Black is Beautiful” movement.
Crew
- Yemi BamiroDirector · Writer
- Otto BurnhamEditor · Writer
- Ian BonhôteProducer
- Joanna BoatengProducer
- Andrew CalofProducer
- Lizzie GillettProducer
- Andee RyderExecutive Producer
- Steve SarowitzExecutive Producer
- Alicia KeysExecutive Producer
- Swizz BeatzExecutive Producer
Details
- Release date
- October 9, 2025
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Documentary
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