The birth of a black hero in cinema
2022 DocumentaryIn 1971, Melvin Van Peebles disrupted the black hero figure in the american cinema with "Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song". This documentary relates the genesis of this crackdown movie, who initiates the Blaxploitation movement, from "Shaft" of Gordon Parks to "Jackie Brown", the Quentin Tarantino's tribute to the genre.