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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

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Sweden, United States · 2011
1h 40m
Director Göran Olsson
Starring Abiodun Oyewole, Talib Kweli, Angela Davis, Harry Belafonte
Genre Documentary

An examination of the evolution of the Black Power Movement in American society from 1967 to 1975. Featuring footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in America during that period, appearances by Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and other activists, artists, and leaders central to the movement are included in this candid documentary.

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Slant Magazine by

Simply put, the documentary is full of cool talking heads pontificating rather than taking physical action.

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The New York Times by A.O. Scott

The fact that the speakers' faces are never seen produces a feeling of estrangement that is crucial to the film's effectiveness. You become acutely aware of gaps and discontinuities: between slogans and realities, between political ideals and stubborn social problems, between then and now.

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Village Voice by J. Hoberman

Black nationalism lives and breathes in this remarkably fresh documentary - a standout in last spring's New Directors/New Films - assembled by Göran Hugo Olsson.

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Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

Black Power Mixtape's contemporary audio, though it tries hard to involve us, can't hold a candle to this kind of footage. But if having these current voices on board helped get the luminous glimpses of the past back on the screen, we owe them a vote of thanks.

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The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

Illustrates how the rhetoric of civil rights changed after the breakthroughs of Martin Luther King. With the world's media finally paying attention, critical thinkers like Carmichael, Davis, and Malcolm X were able to push back against the fretful questions about violence, and redefine the story of blacks in America over the centuries as one defined by violence.

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