Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood [938381] Released: 2022-03-16 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 53 mins Popularity: 0.5326 Vote Average: 8 Vote Count: 3 Overview: In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: the story of the making of a seminal movie that initiated the Blaxploitation movement, a short-lived but highly influential sub-genre in the years that followed. Cast [12] Sandra NkakeSelf - Narrator Melvin Van PeeblesSelf Max Van PeeblesSelf Marguerite Van PeeblesSelf Mike SargentSelf Mario Van PeeblesSelf Reginald HudlinSelf Sandra RushSelf Donna DubrowSelf Bill DukeSelf Philip HartSelf Mandela Van PeeblesSelf Trailers