Overview
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.
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