Le documentaire culturel (TV Series)

Sweet Black Film: The Birth of a Black Hero (2022)

Sandra Nkake: Self

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Sandra Nkake : March the 31st, 1971, the line outside the Grand Circus Theater in Detroit has never been as long for an independent film. Moreover, one that is X rated. In a few minutes time, these young black women and men would experience a liberating explosion. That day, the images of the film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" reveal the black man rebelling against his condition in a racist America. The unprecedented political statement threw Hollywood into panic and completely changed the face of American cinema. Its Director, Melvin Van Peebles, both actor and writer, unveiled a black hero. A black hero who does not die. A black hero who breaks free - at last.

• Sandra Nkake : The studios were producing more and more action films for a black public, featuring a super viral heroes and heroines with exposed breasts.