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BaadAsssss Cinema is a 2002 documentary film, directed by Isaac Julien. British director Isaac Julien takes on the Blaxploitation era of the 1970s in this hour long documentary.

Synopsis

With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than a complete record. Features interviews with some of the genre's biggest stars, like Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, and Richard Roundtree. Director Melvin Van Peebles discusses the historical importance of his landmark film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
. For a contemporary perspective, the excitable Quentin Tarantino offers his spirited commentary and author/critic bell hooks provides some scholarly social analysis.

The music of Blaxploitation films is rightfully discussed, focusing on Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly" and Isaac Hayes' "Shaft
." Also features interviews with writer/director Larry Cohen and film historian Armond White. Baadasssss Cinema was originally shown on the Independent Film Channel in August 2002 as part of a week-long Blaxploitation film festival.

Contributors

Larry Cohen
Ron Finley
Pam Grier
Ed Guerrero
Gloria Hendry
bell hooks
Samuel L. Jackson
Elvis Mitchell
Afeni Shakur
Quentin Tarantino
Melvin Van Peebles
Armond White
Fred Williamson
Isaac Hayes
— archive footage
Roy Innis — archive footage
Jesse Jackson — archive footage
Ron O'Neal
— archive footage
Gordon Parks — archive footage

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