About BaadAsssss Cinema
- Released on August 14, 2002
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than a complete record. It features interviews with some of the genre's biggest stars, like Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, and Richard Roundtree. Director Melvin Van Peebles discusses the historical importance of his landmark film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. For a contemporary perspective, the excitable Quentin Tarantino offers his spirited commentary and author/critic bell hooks provides some scholarly social analysis.
Full Cast of BaadAsssss Cinema
Larry Cohen plays Self
Tamara Dobson plays Self
Ron Finley plays Self
Pam Grier plays Self
Ed Guerrero plays Self
Isaac Hayes plays Self
Gloria Hendry plays Self
bell hooks plays Self
Roy Innis plays Self
Jesse Jackson plays Self
Samuel L. Jackson plays Self
Max Julien plays Self
Jim Kelly plays Self
Yaphet Kotto plays Self
Curtis Mayfield plays Self
Elvis Mitchell plays Self
Ron O'Neal plays Self
Gordon Parks plays Self
Richard Roundtree plays Self
Afeni Shakur plays Self
Quentin Tarantino plays Self
Melvin Van Peebles plays Self
Armond White plays Self
Fred Williamson plays Self
Jim Brown plays Self
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Crew of BaadAsssss Cinema
- Larry Cohen
- Tamara Dobson
- Ron Finley
- Pam Grier
- Ed Guerrero
- Isaac Hayes
- Gloria Hendry
- bell hooks
- Roy Innis
- Jesse Jackson
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Max Julien
- Jim Kelly
- Yaphet Kotto
- Curtis Mayfield
- Elvis Mitchell
- Ron O'Neal
- Gordon Parks
- Richard Roundtree
- Afeni Shakur
- Quentin Tarantino
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Armond White
- Fred Williamson
- Jim Brown
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- André 3000