Baadasssss Cinema - A Bold Look at 70's Blaxploitation Films
by Isaac Julien
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Actor: Elvis Mitchell, Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Melvin Van Peebles, Pam GrierDirector: Isaac Julien
Brand: New Video
Cinematographer: Gary Kinkead
Cinematographer: Jonathan Partridge
Producer: Alison Palmer Bourke
Producer: Caroline Kaplan
Producer: Colin MacCabe
Producer: Jonathan Sehring
Producer: Paula Jalfon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 58 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: New Video Group
Movie Reviews of Baadasssss Cinema - A Bold Look at 70's Blaxploitation Films
Movie Review: A FASCINATING DOCUMENTARY FILLED WITH GUILTY PLEASURES
Summary: 5 Stars
"BaadAsssss Cinema" is not your usual dry, academic documentary. While the arrangement of material seems pretty random and scattershot, the clips are priceless as historical artifacts of the times and the prevailing social attitudes. The debate as to the potential racist tracts implicit and explicit in the movies is wisely avoided, and the importance of black visibility of any kind supersedes any moral judgment here. The place of blaxploitation films of this period in the overall history of Hollywood is examined very closely, with surprising results. If we are to believe it, these films saved Hollywood studios in the '70s --- only to have the studios themselves turn their back on black artists a decade later. However, political and financial debates about art only get in the way. What we really have here is a delicious compendium of scenes and interviews from one of America's most beloved cult genres. Pam Grier, the greatest Black Mamma of them all, is fascinating as she discusses the beginnings of her prodigious career. Melvin Van Peebles, one of the few black artists to retain complete control of his films, discusses his seminal "Sweet Sweetback's BaadAsssss Song," arguably the first film in the genre. Isaac Hayes, composer and actor and "South Park" scion, talks about the groovy music essential for these movies. Richard Roundtree, Gloria Hendry and Fred Williamson all discuss the trials and triumphs of black performers creating, for the first time, a complete black identity on film. Quentin Tarantino,looking strangely pale, displays his goofy charm as he waxes rhapsodic about his first experience as a child attending his first black exploit film. These movies have been called the original guilty pleasure, and they are all enormously fun. This documentary shows a great cross-section of the movies and the artists, retaining all of the energy, action, comedy and sex we associate with these movies. Although it may be less fun yelling back at your television set alone than being part of a crowd on a Saturday night, Superfly, Shaft and all them guys (and their gals) still pack a wallop. (Submitted by staff member Stephen J. Finn)
Summary of Baadasssss Cinema - A Bold Look at 70's Blaxploitation Films
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