BaadAsssss Cinema

Plot

British director Isaac Julien takes on the Blaxploitation era of the '70s in the hour-long documentary 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. 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 Baad Asssss Song. For a contemporary perspective, the excitable Quentin Tarantino offers his spirited commentary and author/critic bell hooks provides some scholarly social analysis. The music of Blaxploitation movies is rightfully discussed, focusing on Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly" and Isaac Hayes' "Shaft." Also features interviews with writer/director Larry Cohen and film historian Armond White. Baadasssss Cinema was originally shown on the Independent Film Channel in August of 2002 as part of a week-long Blaxploitation film festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Cast

Pam Grier; Richard Roundtree; Melvin Van Peebles; Larry Cohen; Quentin Tarantino; Fred Williamson; bell hooks

Credit

Isaac Julien - Director, Adam Finch - Editor, Caroline Kaplan - Executive Producer, Jonathan Sehrig - Executive Producer, Alison Palmer Bourke - Executive Producer, Andy Cowton - Composer (Music Score), Colin MacCabe - Producer, Paula Jalfon - Producer

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