The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)

Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.

Director:

Göran Olsson (as Göran Hugo Olsson)

Writer:

Göran Olsson (as Göran Hugo Olsson)

Stars:

Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale

4 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Abiodun Oyewole	...	Self (voice)
Stokely Carmichael	...	Self (archive footage)
Talib Kweli	...	Self (voice)
Mable Carmichael	...	Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Dahlberg	...	Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King	...	Self (archive footage)
Questlove	...	Self (voice) (as Ahmir Questlove Thompson)
Angela Davis	...	Self (voice)
Harry Belafonte	...	Self (voice)
King Gustaf VI Adolf	...	Self (archive footage) (as Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden)
Coretta Scott King	...	Self (archive footage)
Arnold Stahl	...	Self (voice) (archive footage)
Malcolm X	...	Self (archive footage)
Bertil Askelöf	...	Self (voice) (archive footage)
Bo Holmström	...	Self (archive footage)

Storyline

Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.

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Plot Keywords:

black power | drug | martin luther king jr. assassination | malcolm x | mlk | 

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Taglines:

A documentary in 9 chapters

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Genres:

Documentary | History

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Goofs

An interviewee says Medgar Evers was killed in 1968, not 1963 which was actually the case

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Quotes

Emile de Antonio: Well, TV Guide is an absolute nothing magazine. TV Guide is a special kind of magazine that panders to the lowest possible taste in American life. This is one of the reasons it has such a wide circulation. I found it very curious that TV Guide should suddenly attack Swedish and Dutch television - and meaningful. Deeply meaningful, but not in the sense that anybody would believe it. In that your average reader of TV Guide doesn't care about that kind of thing. But only when you consider who the ...

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Soundtracks

Rhodes
Written & performed by Questlove & Ommas Keith

User Reviews

from the past to the present

Old footage of Swedish reports on the racial strife in America is found in Swedish Television. The footage is re-edited into a documentary released in 2011. It follows the black power movement in America one year after the next from 1967 to 1975. It also contains commentary from 2010. Many of the early years follow activist Stokely Carmichael until his self exile. There is a lot with the Black Panther with a section on the case of Angela Davis. The TV Guide part is an interesting window into the culture war. 1974 is the war on drugs and the Nation of Islam. 1975 is trying to wrap things up. One notable note is Angela 2010 who mentions a black president. Time and time again, this movie echoes from the past into our very present. It's 2020 and so much of this is a reminder of today. So much is a mirror. This is a great time capsule and hopefully, it's one sign post on the road to progress.

Details

Official Sites:

PBS [United States]

Country:

Sweden USA

Language:

English Swedish

Release Date:

1 April 2011 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Box Office

Budget:

SEK5,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$17,316, 11 September 2011

Gross USA:

$273,749

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$280,256

Company Credits

Production Co:

Story AB, Sveriges Television (SVT), Louverture Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

4:3