BaadAsssss Cinema

A bold look at 70's blaxploitation films.

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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.

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Creators

Isaac Julien

director

Cast

Larry Cohen actor Tamara Dobson actor

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Ron Finley actor Pam Grier actor

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Ed Guerrero actor Isaac Hayes actor Gloria Hendry actor bell hooks actor

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Roy Innis actor Jesse Jackson actor Samuel L. Jackson actor

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Max Julien actor Jim Kelly actor Yaphet Kotto actor

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Curtis Mayfield actor Elvis Mitchell actor Ron O'Neal actor

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Gordon Parks actor Richard Roundtree actor

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Afeni Shakur actor