The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

NEW DOCS Thematic One Foot in the Archives (Without Narration) Curated by Rick Prelinger

From 1967 to 1975 Swedish journalists recorded the Black Power movement as it was happening, bringing their own outsider perspective to that pivotal time in America. This recently discovered 16mm footage, collated by filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson into a vibrant 70s-style mixtape, allows us to see black America—and such iconic figures as Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Angela Davis, and Eldridge Cleaver—in the heat of the times, unfiltered by the standard American media spin. This rich document intersperses commentary by present-day cultural icons and artists Cornel West, Robin D. G. Kelley, Harry Belafonte, Sonia Sanchez, Erykah Badu, Questlove, and Talib Kweli, all of whom have been inspired by and have participated in the movement. DS

Director

Göran Hugo Olsson

Producer

Annika Rogell

Executive Producer

Tobias Janson

Editors

Hanna Lejonqvist SFK, Göran Hugo Olsson

Release Year

2011

Festival Year

2011

Country

Sweden, United States

Run Time

96 minutes