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POWER MIXTAPE: 1967-1975 |
Year: 2011
USA: IFC Films
UK: Soda Pictures
Cast: Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Stokely Carmichael,
Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Davis, Danny Glover, Talib Kweli, Bobby
Seale, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
Director: Goran Hugo Olsson
Country: Sweden
USA: 100 mins
UK: 96 mins
USA Rated: Unrated
UK Certificate: 12A contains drug references and images of
violence
USA Release Date: 9 September 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 21 October 2011 (Limited Release)
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Synopsis
THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 mobilises a treasure trove of 16mm
material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by
stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of
the leaders of the Black Power Movement - Stokely Carmichael, Bobby
Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them - the filmmakers
captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded
interviews.
Some 30 years later, this unique collection was uncovered in the
basement of Swedish Television. Director Göran Olsson and
co-producer Danny Glover bring this footage to light in a mosaic of
images, music and narration chronicling the evolution one of our
nation's most indelible turning points, the Black Power movement.
With music by Questlove and Om'Mas Keith, the film contains
commentary from prominent African- American artists and activists
who were influenced by the struggle, including Erykah Badu, Harry
Belafonte, Talib Kweli and Melvin Van Peebles. All this helps to
give the historical footage a fresh, contemporary resonance and
makes the film an exhilarating, unprecedented account of an American
revolution.
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