FILM SCREENINGS

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

2011. Sweden. Directed by Göran Hugo Olsson. Olsson’s documentary utilizes never before seen interviews (with Stokely Carmichael and Angela Davis among others) filmed by a group of Swedish filmmakers from the late sixties to mid-seventies to chronicle the growth of the black power movement. Thirty years later this lush collection of 16mm footage was found in a basement—and combined with additional commentary by artists and activists who were influenced by the struggle—from Harry Belafonte to Erykah Badu—becomes a powerful chronicle of the birth and life of a movement. The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 is a Sundance Selects release. 100 min.