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THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975

Göran Hugo Olsson
S, USA 2011
94 min
V'11

From 1967 to 1975, fueled by curiosity and naïveté, Swedish journalists went to film the black power movement in America. The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material, which languished in a basement for 30 years, into an irresistible mosaic of images, music, and narration to chronicle the movement’s evolution. Mesmerizing footage of Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Angela Davis, and Eldridge Cleaver, as well as Black Panther activities, are peppered with B-roll footage of black America. These scenes take on a fresh, global angle through the outsider perspective of the Swedish lens.
Meanwhile, penetrating commentaries from artists and activists influenced by the struggle riff on the range of radical ideas and strategies for liberation. Their insights and the vibrancy of the unearthed footage render the black power movement startlingly immediate and profoundly relevant. (Sundance Film Festival)

Credits
  • Emile De Antonio
  • Erykah Badu
  • Harry Belafonte
  • Angela Davis
  • Melvin Van Peebles
  • Stokely Carmichael - Kwame Ture
  • Eldridge Cleaver
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Bobby Seale
  • Huey P. Newton
  • Göran Hugo Olsson
  • Göran Hugo Olsson
  • Hanna Lejonqvist
  • Ahmir Thompson
  • Om’Mas Keith and the Roots
  • Erykah Badu
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