The Black power mixtape 1967-1975 : a documentary in 9 chapters
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"THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them, the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews. Thirty years later, this lush collection was found languishing in the basement of Swedish Television"--From mrqe.com. | "During the rise of The Black Power Movement in the '60s and '70s, Swedish television journalists documented the unfolding cultural revolution for their audience back home, having been granted unprecedented access to prominent leaders such as Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, and Black Panther Party founders Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Now, after more than 30 years in storage, this rarely seen footage spanning nearly a decade of Black Power is finally available. Director Göran Hugo Olsson presents this mixtape, highlighting key figures and events in the movement, as seen in a light completely different from the narrative of the American media at the time. Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Abiodun Oyewole, John Forte, and Robin Kelley are among the many important voices providing commentary, adding modern perspective to this essential time capsule of African-American history." -- Container
Credits
Narrated by Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Abiodun Oyewole, John Forte, and Robin Kelley; Sundance Selects (Firm), presenter (sponsoring body); MPI Media Group (film distributor); Olsson, Göran Hugo, screenwriter (television director); Annika Rogell (television producer); Joslyn Barnes (television producer); Danny Glover (television producer); Axel Arnö (television producer); Questlove (composer (expression)); Om'Mas Keith (composer (expression)); Talib Kweli (narrator); Erykah Badu (narrator); Abiodun Oyewole (narrator); Forte (Musician) (narrator); Robin D. G. Kelley (narrator); Stokely Carmichael (interviewee); Seale, Bobby, 1936- interviewee; Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- interviewee; Shirley Chisholm (interviewee); Louis Farrakhan (interviewee); Eldridge Cleaver (interviewee)
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Black power mix tape 1967-1975
Original source: Originally produced as a documentary film in 2011. | "This film consists of footage shot by Swedish reporters 1967-1975"--Opening frames. | Special features: documentary short "Joan Little 1975", featurette "Stokely Carmichael, Ingrid Dahlber and Lars Hjelm", interviews with Angela Davis, Shirley Chisholm and Louis Farrakhan, trailer. | Executive producer, Tobias Janson ; music by Ahmir Questlove Thompson & Om'Mas Keith ; editing, Göran Hugo Olsson, Hanna Lejonqvist.
Release: [Stockholm, Sweden?] : Sveriges Television, [2011]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | plastic | 4 3/4 in. | polychrome | monochrome | NTSC | video file DVD video dual-layered region 1
Contents: Contents: 1. Opening credits ; 2. Voice of Talib Kweli ; 3. 1968 ; 4. Three heroes ; 5. Central headquarters ; 6. Eldridge Cleaver ; 7. Inside Attica ; 8. Put her to death ; 9. Voice of Erykah Badu ; 10. Business as usual ; 11. Race of devils ; 12. 1975 ; 13. Ending credits.
Subjects: Black power -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | African American political activists -- Interviews | African American social reformers -- Interviews | African American intellectuals -- Interviews | African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | Afronorteamericanos -- Entrevistas | Relaciones raciales | African American intellectuals | African American political activists | African American social reformers | African Americans -- Civil rights | Black power | Race relations | United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | United States | Black Panther Party -- History -- Sources | Black Panther Party | 1900-1999
Country: Sweden
Language note: In Swedish with English interviews with optional English subtitles, English SDH (subtitled for deaf and hard-of-hearing) and Spanish subtitles.
Awards: Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Film Editing Award, 2011
Ucla location: Center for African American Studies Library | Instructional Media Library Stacks DVD | E185.615 .B5468 2011 | ID7457
Original source: Originally produced as a documentary film in 2011. | "This film consists of footage shot by Swedish reporters 1967-1975"--Opening frames. | Special features: documentary short "Joan Little 1975", featurette "Stokely Carmichael, Ingrid Dahlber and Lars Hjelm", interviews with Angela Davis, Shirley Chisholm and Louis Farrakhan, trailer. | Executive producer, Tobias Janson ; music by Ahmir Questlove Thompson & Om'Mas Keith ; editing, Göran Hugo Olsson, Hanna Lejonqvist.
Release: [Stockholm, Sweden?] : Sveriges Television, [2011]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | plastic | 4 3/4 in. | polychrome | monochrome | NTSC | video file DVD video dual-layered region 1
Contents: Contents: 1. Opening credits ; 2. Voice of Talib Kweli ; 3. 1968 ; 4. Three heroes ; 5. Central headquarters ; 6. Eldridge Cleaver ; 7. Inside Attica ; 8. Put her to death ; 9. Voice of Erykah Badu ; 10. Business as usual ; 11. Race of devils ; 12. 1975 ; 13. Ending credits.
Subjects: Black power -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | African American political activists -- Interviews | African American social reformers -- Interviews | African American intellectuals -- Interviews | African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | Afronorteamericanos -- Entrevistas | Relaciones raciales | African American intellectuals | African American political activists | African American social reformers | African Americans -- Civil rights | Black power | Race relations | United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | United States | Black Panther Party -- History -- Sources | Black Panther Party | 1900-1999
Country: Sweden
Language note: In Swedish with English interviews with optional English subtitles, English SDH (subtitled for deaf and hard-of-hearing) and Spanish subtitles.
Awards: Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Film Editing Award, 2011
Ucla location: Center for African American Studies Library | Instructional Media Library Stacks DVD | E185.615 .B5468 2011 | ID7457
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