BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)

BaadAsssss Cinema

2002

Action Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Isaac Julien

Cast

bell hooks as Self

Ed Guerrero as Self

Gloria Hendry as Self

Isaac Hayes as Self

Jesse Jackson as Self

Larry Cohen as Self

Pam Grier as Self

Ron Finley as Self