BaadAsssss Cinema

BaadAsssss Cinema

58 mins | Action, Documentary | Aug. 14, 2002

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.

BaadAsssss Cinema

58 mins | Action, Documentary | Aug. 14, 2002

BaadAsssss Cinema
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers
Original title BaadAsssss Cinema
Directors Isaac Julien
Writers

Cast

Larry Cohen

as Self

Tamara Dobson

as Self

Ron Finley

as Self

Pam Grier

as Self

Ed Guerrero

as Self

Isaac Hayes

as Self

Gloria Hendry

as Self

bell hooks

as Self

Roy Innis

as Self

Jesse Jackson

as Self

Max Julien

as Self

Jim Kelly

as Self

Yaphet Kotto

as Self

Curtis Mayfield

as Self

Elvis Mitchell

as Self

Ron O'Neal

as Self

Gordon Parks

as Self

Afeni Shakur

as Self

Armond White

as Self

Fred Williamson

as Self

Jim Brown

as Self