In 2018, pioneering spoken-word collective the Last Poets returned with their first album in more than 20 years. Now the group — consisting of Seventies-era members Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan, along with percussionist Baba Donn Babatunde and a slew of collaborators, including renowned avant-jazz bassist Jamaladeen Tacuma — is back with a follow-up. Due May 10th, Transcending Toxic Times finds the group addressing themes it’s been tackling since its founding in Harlem in 1968, including racism, oppression and the sins of America’s past.
In “For the Millions,” which the group is unveiling today,...
In “For the Millions,” which the group is unveiling today,...
- 3/21/2019
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
Livestream 'Mr. Soul!: Ellis Haizlip & The Birth of Black Power TV' Kickstarter Launch Party Tonight
As Tambay posted on Friday, Samuel Pollard and Melissa Hazlip have teamed up to direct a new feature-length documentary on Ellis Haizlip, host and producer of PBS’ groundbreaking 1970s talk show series, Soul!. The film will give a behind-the-scenes look at the show from its conception to its final broadcast, including the very public battle to keep it on the air despite a shifting political landscape. Today signals the start of the project’s Kickstarter campaign to raise $75,000 towards principal photography. The film is in the early stages of production with roughly 30 hours of footage shot, including interviews with Ashford & Simpson, Harry Belafonte, Abiodun Oyewole...
- 9/24/2012
- by Jasmin Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
With The Help in theaters dissecting 1950′s race relations in the south, another film will take a more extensive look at the issues that follow that period, in documentary form. Goran Hugo Olsson‘s The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 debuted at Sundance this year to strong reviews and now we have our first trailer. The doc features Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Davis, John Forté, Robin Kelley, Talib Kweli, Abiodun Oyewole, Melvin Van Peebles, Sonia Sanchez, Bobby Seale, and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. See it below via Apple.
Synopsis:
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish filmmakers, after languishing in a basement of a TV station for 30 years, into an irresistible mosaic of images, music, and narration chronicling the evolution one of our nation’s most indelible turning points, the Black Power movement. Featuring candid interviews with the movement’s most explosive revolutionary minds,...
Synopsis:
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish filmmakers, after languishing in a basement of a TV station for 30 years, into an irresistible mosaic of images, music, and narration chronicling the evolution one of our nation’s most indelible turning points, the Black Power movement. Featuring candid interviews with the movement’s most explosive revolutionary minds,...
- 8/12/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
And we’re off…! As I said in my post announcing the Sundance 2011 lineup, I’ll be going over the complete list, highlighting titles that we already haven’t given coverage to, taking into consideration this blog’s specific interests.
The first is a documentary titled The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, directed by Swedish filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson, and co-produced by Danny Glover and his Louverture Films.
Its synopsis: 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.
Included in the mix are appearances and commentary by: Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Emile de Antonio, Angela Davis, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, Robin Kelley, Abiodun Oyewole, Sonia Sanchez, Bobby Seale...
The first is a documentary titled The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, directed by Swedish filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson, and co-produced by Danny Glover and his Louverture Films.
Its synopsis: 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.
Included in the mix are appearances and commentary by: Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Emile de Antonio, Angela Davis, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, Robin Kelley, Abiodun Oyewole, Sonia Sanchez, Bobby Seale...
- 12/2/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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