
Film
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · 58m · Action · Documentary
A bold look at 70's blaxploitation films.
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- 6.9
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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.
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
Crew
- Isaac JulienDirector
- Andy CowtonOriginal Music Composer
- Adam FinchEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 14, 2002
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Action, Documentary
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