The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 – Reelworld (Kent Tentschert/Carol Hemphill)

Posted by kent Oct 27, 2011 | Movie: Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 - Reelworld (Kent Tentschert/Carol Hemphill) Kent’s Take: Discovered in the basement of a Swedish television station, the lost Swedish footage of the Black Power movement in America resurfaced and has been edited into “The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975.” Arriving on our shores in 1967, these foreign filmmakers were the radicals of the European film industry. Looking to define and understand the Black Power movement that was getting under way in Harlem, they quickly found two Americas. One, the white suburban culture of the 1950s with sidewalk cafes, industrial businesses and opportunity. And two, the segregated low-income communities of African-Americans, who lived...

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