A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema.A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema.A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema.
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7.3/10
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- Director
- Writer
- Stars
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Margaret Barker(archive footage)
- Joanna Barnes(archive footage)
Top credits
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Margaret Barker(archive footage)
- Joanna Barnes(archive footage)
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Margaret Barker
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Joanna Barnes
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Ethel Barrymore
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
David Brian
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Lloyd Bridges
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Steve Brodie
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Charles Bronson
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Jim Brown
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
James Burke
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Jeff Corey
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Lou Costello
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Jeanne Crain
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Tony Curtis
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Dorothy Dandridge
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Gloria DeHaven
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
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A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema.
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- Taglines
- Explore the representation of African Americans in the history of American cinema through the eyes of Melvin Van Peebles.
- Genre
- Certificate
- 15
- Parents guide
Did you know
- ConnectionsFeatures The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Top review
Grumpy but endearing, in a way
Melvin Van Peebles is never short on opinions. I'd find it a lot easier to accept them if he weren't responsible for the vastly overrated Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song (forgive me if I omitted any 'a's or 's's from the title) and cinematic atrocities such as the racist, sexist, and plain awful Identity Crisis. Nonetheless, this is a fascinating and frequently dead on documentary about Hollywood's treatment of African American filmmakers.
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- lexdevil
- Sep 10, 2003
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- Melvin Van Peebles' Classified X
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $65
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $65
- Oct 18, 1998
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