By Kayah Franklin -- Black College Wire
Black Power Movement stories originally told by parents and found in the textbooks of African-American studies classes have now been documented in the film "The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975."
Directed by Göran Olsson, the documentary depicts the Black Power Movement through the eyes of Swedish broadcast journalists and features footage that has been sitting in Sweden's archives for three decades.ImageThe film highlights include speeches, conversations and interviews with prominent Black Nationalist leaders such as Angela Davis and Stokely Carmichael – also known as Kwame Ture, who attended Howard University in 1960 – and commentary from popular figures including Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson.
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Posted By: How May I Help You NC
Friday, October 21st 2011 at 10:52AM
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