The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)

Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.

Director:

Göran Olsson

Writer:

Göran Olsson (creator)

Stars:

Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Erykah Badu	...	(voice)
Harry Belafonte
Elaine Brown	...	Herself (archive footage)
Courtney Callender	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mable Carmichael	...	Herself (archive footage)
Stokely Carmichael
Eldridge Cleaver	...	Himself (archive footage)
Kathleen Cleaver	...	(voice)
Angela Davis
Emile de Antonio	...	Himself (archive footage)
Louis Farrakhan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Danny Glover
Martin Luther King	...	Himself (archive footage)
Talib Kweli
Lewis H. Michaux	...	Himself (archive footage)

Storyline

Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.

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Plot Keywords:

Power | Black Power | United States | 1970s | Structural Racism | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site PBS [us]

Country:

Sweden

Language:

English Swedish

Release Date:

1 April 2011 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Black Power Mixtape

Box Office

Budget:

SEK 5,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$17,316 (USA) (9 September 2011)

Gross:

$264,324 (USA) (4 November 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Louverture Films, Story AB

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Goofs

An interviewee says Medgar Evers was killed in 1968, not 1963 which was actually the case

User Reviews

A documentary that details a near-revolution in the United States.

A bunch of Swedish lefties became idealistically preoccupied with American Black nationalism in the late '60s, and shot a ton of footage intended for Swedish television. Much of it wasn't used, however, and the filmmakers have only recently finished editing it into a feature. Much of this is powerful. Stokley Carmicheal's presence impressed me most of all. I didn't feel as if anything in the film felt unnecessary, except perhaps a petty feud with TV Guide for criticizing Sweedish television, which I doubt was at the center of consciousness of many African-American activists of the time. The trajectory of the film is depressing. We witness a leftist renaissance in the USA crumble as drugs (which the film forcefully suggests were introduced by the FBI) change the escape route of an oppressed community from activism to addiction.