BaadAsssss Cinema

BaadAsssss Cinema
Directed by	Isaac Julien
Produced by	Paula Jalfon; Colin MacCabe; Caroline Kaplan
Written by	Isaac Julien
Starring	Samuel L. Jackson; Pam Grier; Quentin Tarantino
Edited by	Adam Finch
Distributed by	Independent Film Channel
Release date	August 14, 2002;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5,000,000 (estimate)

BaadAsssss Cinema is a 2002 TV documentary film directed by Isaac Julien.^[1] Julien looks at the Blaxploitation era of the 1970s in this hour-long documentary.

Plot

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. It 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, director Quentin Tarantino offers his spirited commentary, and author/critic bell hooks provides some scholarly social analysis.

The music of Blaxploitation films is discussed, focusing on Curtis Mayfield's Super Fly and Isaac Hayes' Shaft. Interviews with writer/director Larry Cohen and film historian Armond White are also featured. BaadAsssss Cinema was originally shown on the Independent Film Channel in August 2002 as part of a week-long Blaxploitation film festival.^[1]

Contributors

Larry Cohen
Ron Finley
Pam Grier
Ed Guerrero
Gloria Hendry
bell hooks
Samuel L. Jackson
Elvis Mitchell
Afeni Shakur^[2]
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

Films mentioned

Blacula
Black Belt Jones
Black Caesar
Black Gunn
Coffy
Foxy Brown
Jackie Brown
The Mack
Original Gangstas
Shaft
Super Fly
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Review: BaadAsssss Cinema". IMDb. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
^ "8 Movies to Watch After You See 'All Eyez On Me'". Film School Rejects. 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-06-23.

External links

BaadAsssss Cinema at IMDb
BaadAsssss Cinema at the Independent Film Channel

[IMDb-1] "Review: BaadAsssss Cinema". IMDb. Retrieved 30 September 2016.

[2] "8 Movies to Watch After You See 'All Eyez On Me'". Film School Rejects. 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-06-23.

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