BaadAsssss Cinema

A bold look at 70's blaxploitation films.

BaadAsssss Cinema — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 14, 2002
• Runtime
• 58 min
• Genres
• Action, Documentary
• Director
• Isaac Julien

BaadAsssss Cinema — Cast

Larry Cohen Self Tamara Dobson Self

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Ron Finley Self Pam Grier Self

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Ed Guerrero Self Isaac Hayes Self Gloria Hendry Self

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bell hooks Self