The Black Power Mixtape is compilation feature documentary film that displays the story of the African-American community 1967-1975, the people, the society and the style that fueled a change. Told with sparkling, beautiful and deep footage, lost in the archives in Sweden for 30 years.
From 1967 to 1975, Swedish journalists chronicled the Black Power movement in America. Combining that 16mm footage, undiscovered until now, with contemporary audio interviews, this film illuminates the people and culture that fueled change and brings the movement to life anew.
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.
A film by Göran Hugo Olsson
Run time: 96 min. | Sweden / U.S.A. | Language: English and Swedish with English subtitles | color | documentary | 2011
"-Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been. Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work. To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. Well of course there's been a great deal of progress. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer." Angela Davis
Writen and Directed by: Göran Hugo Olsson
Produced by: Annika Rogell, Story AB
Co-Produced by: Joslyn Barnes & Danny Glover, Louverture Films
Music produced by Ahmir Khalib Questlove Thompson Executive producer: Corey Smyth for Blacksmith Corp Featuring music by The Roots and Michael Jackson. And singing by Erykah Badu
Art Director: Stefania Malmsten
Edited by: Göran Hugo Olsson & Hanna Lejonqvist
Including appearances by: Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Emile de Antonio, Angela Davis
Including commentary voice by: Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Davis, Robin Kelley, Abiodun Oyewole, Sonia Sanchez, Bobby Seale, Questlove
With support from the Swedish Film Institute/Lars G. Lindström, Swedish Television/ Axel Arnö, Nordisk Film & Tv Fond, Media Programme of the European Union, ZDF/ARTE, NRK, YLE, RTS and ERT.
Film Contact Annika Rogell, Story AB Email: annika(@)story.se
featured review SLUGMag "The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975" is a film collage made from Swedish archival news footage gathered in the 60s and 70s about the American black power movement. Swedish reporters recorded In-depth interviews with people like Dr. Martin Luther King, Eldridge Cleaver and Bobby Seale... Click the link to check out the full review at SLUGMag.com: http://www.slugmag.com/exclusive/2587/The-Black-Power-Mixtape-1967-1975.html
Festivals
Berlinale Berlin International Film Festival * Selection
Ambulante * Selection
True or False * Selection
Miami International Film Festival * Selection
MoMA New Directors - New Films * Selection
San Francisco International Film Festival * Selection
Istanbul Film Festival * Selection
It's All True * Selection
2011 | Sundance Film Festival | 20-30 Janvier, Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden et Sundance, Utah, USA | http://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/theblackpowermixtape19671975_sundance2011 * World Cinema Documentary Competition * World Premiere * WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY EDITING AWARD
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TCHEQUE V průběhu šedesátých a sedmdesátých let sledovali švédští novináři hnutí afroamerických občanů ve Spojených státech. Natočený materiál však dosud nikdo neviděl a teprve filmař Göran Hugo Olsson se rozhodl sestříhat z množství archivního materiálu svůj dokument, který je zajímavý především tím, že celou situaci zachycuje ze zahraniční perspektivy. Mozaika řady představitelů hnutí je doplňena i o zpětnou reflexi z pohledu dnešní generace. Snímek byl již také vybrán do sekce Panorama na blížícím se Berlinale.
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ALLEMAND/DEUTSCH THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 Neben den Locken von Angela Davis gehört die hochgereckte, schwarzbehandschuhte Faust der afroamerikanischen Sprinter Tommie Smith und John Carlos bei den Olympischen Spielen 1968 in Mexiko zu den ikonografischen Bildern der Black-Power-Bewegung. In seinem Film spürt Regisseur Göran Hugo Olsson den Entwicklungslinien dieser Bewegung nach. Bisher unveröffentlichtes Doku mentarmaterial des schwedischen Fernsehens und aktuelle Inter views mit Protagonisten von einst und heute geben neue Einblicke in die Geschichte und Bedeutung der Bürgerrechtsbewegung. Zu Wort kommen unter anderem der Bürgerrechtler Stokely Carmichael, 1967 Co-Autor des Bestsellers „Black Power. The politics of liberation in America", die Black-Panther-Gründer Bobby Seal und Huey P. Newton, die Black-Power-Aktivisten Angela Davis und Eldridge Cleaver sowie der Doku mentar filmer Emile de Antonio. Unter dem Eindruck des Vietnam kriegs erlangte das Interesse der schwedischen Gesellschaft an der amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsbewegung Ende der 70er Jahre seinen Höhepunkt. In einer Mischung aus Anteilnahme und Naivität bereisten schwedische Dokumentaristen die USA, um einen Ein druck von der Black-Power-Bewe - gung zu bekommen, die in den US-Medien stereo typ als terroristische Vereini gung dargestellt wurde. Heute machen die hier erstmals veröffentlichten Archivaufnahmen jüngere Generationen mit der Black-Power-Bewegung und der weltweiten Resonanz vertraut. Eldridge Cleaver: „Du bist entweder Teil der Lösung oder Teil des Problems."
Schweden/USA, 2011 Länge: 94 Min. Format HDCAM Farbe und Schwarzweiß
Dokumentarfilm mit Stokely Carmichael Eldridge Cleaver Bobby Seale Huey P. Newton Emile de Antonio Luis Farrakhan Elaine Brown Angela Davis
Regie: Göran Hugo Olsson Buch: Göran Hugo Olsson Schnitt: Hanna Lejonqvist, Göran Hugo Olsson Mischung: Anders Nyström Musik: Ahmir Thompson, Om'Mas Keith and the Roots Art Director: Stephania Malmsten Produzentin: Annika Rogell Co-Produzenten: Joslyn Barnes, Danny Glover Ausführender Produzent: Tobias Janson
Co-Produktion: Louverture Films, New York / Sveriges Television, Stockholm
Production / Produktion Story AB Virkesvägen 2A S-12030 Stockholm Tel.: +46 708556477 annika(@)story.se
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