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About That Popular 'Black Films Don't Sell ...New On DVD: "The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975"
From 1967 to 1975, fueled by curiosity and naïveté, Swedish journalists traversed the Atlantic Ocean to film the black power movement in America. "The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975" mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material, which languished in a basement for 30 years, into an irresistible mosaic of images, music, and narration to chronicle the movement’s evolution. Mesmerizing footage of Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Angela Davis, and Eldridge Cleaver, as well as Black Panther activities, are peppered with B-roll footage of black America. These scenes take on a fresh, global angle through the outsider perspective of the Swedish lens. Meanwhile, penetrating commentaries from artists and activists influenced by the struggle—like Harry Belafonte, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, and Professor Robin D. G. Kelley—riff on the range of radical ideas and strategies for liberation. Their insights and the vibrancy of the unearthed footage render the black power movement startlingly immediate and profoundly relevant. [Synopsis courtesy of Sundance Institute]
The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975 is available for purchase HERE.
4 Comments
JACKIE | December 14, 2011 2:55 AM
Since I missed the Los Angeles showings I'm glad to have opportunity to order the DVD. I've heard and read lots of good things about this project. I'd like to compare it to the 40th And Central
Donella | December 13, 2011 4:28 PM
I managed to see it at a neighborhood theater. The most powerful scene to me is the one pictured where the interviewer asked Davis did she believe in/support violence. She expressed disgusted frustration that he would even ask that question of people who had been victimized by violence and chose to defend themselves. For the life of me, I cannot remember whether Angela Davis, Assata Shakur, or Elaine Brown have been fictionalized in a motion picture, but I definitely would pay to see that. Barbara Jordan, too.
Tamara | December 13, 2011 3:17 PM
Ordered.
tmack | December 13, 2011 1:29 PM
I have been waiting for this. It played for all of 2 minutes where I live and I missed it.