THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975
A Film by Göran Hugo Olsson
Opens for One Week in Los Angeles on Friday, September 23rd
Playing Exclusively at the NUART THEATRE
11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles 90025
(310) 281-8223 - Near Santa Monica Blvd & Sawtelle Avenue
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Sundance Selects presents Göran Hugo Olsson’s revelatory THE BLACK POWER
MIXTAPE 1967-1975, co-produced by longtime activist and actor Danny Glover. An
irresistible audiovisual collage, the film combines a treasure trove of
recently rediscovered footage of the 1967–75 black power movement with
penetrating commentary by leading contemporary African-American voices, all set
to an evocative soundtrack by Questlove of the Roots and Om’Mas. A Best Editing
prize-winner at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE
1967-1975 also screened at the New Directors/New Films festival. It will open
theatrically in late September.
At the end of the 1960s, numerous Swedish journalists came to the US, drawn by
stories of urban unrest and revolution. Filming for close to a decade, they
gained the trust of many of the leaders of the black power movement—Stokely
Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them—capturing
them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews. Thirty years
later, this lush collection of 16mm film, peppered with footage of Black
Panther activities and B-roll images of black America, was found languishing in
the basement of Swedish Television. Director Olsson brings this mesmerizing
footage to light and, integrating audio interviews with prominent
African-American artists and activists who were influenced by the struggle—from
Erykah Badu to Harry Belafonte—crafts a dynamic chronicle of the birth and life
of a movement.
VIEW THE TRAILER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1InB3YB6vM
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1InB3YB6vM&feature=youtu.be> &feature=youtu.be
MOVIE WEBSITE:
http://www.sundanceselects.com/films/the-black-power-mixtape
Ericka Huggins, along with Professor Robin Kelley (USC) and additional invited
guests, will be part of a special q&a following evening shows (tbd) on Friday
and on Saturday.
Ericka’s political activism began in 1963, when she attended the March on
Washington and committed to moving from the sidelines to the frontlines in the
global human rights movement. In 1969, at age 18, she became a leader in the
Los Angeles chapter of the Black Panther Party with her husband John Huggins.
Three weeks after the birth of their daughter, Ericka became a widow at age 19,
when her husband John Huggins, along with Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter, was
gunned down on the U.C.L.A campus. Ericka brought her husband’s body to New
Haven, Connecticut for burial, and stayed on to open a new Black Panther Party
chapter.
Currently Ericka Huggins is a professor in Women's Studies at California State
University, East Bay & brings her legacy of spiritual activism & social justice
to her teaching.
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