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The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 is a 2011 Swedish documentary film directed by Göran Olsson, that examines the evolution of the Black Power movement in American society from 1967 to 1975 as viewed through Swedish journalists and filmmakers.
Utilizing an innovative format that riffs on the popular 1970s mixtape format, Mixtape is a cinematic and musical journey into the black communities of America. At the end of the ’60s and...
Sep 9, 2011 · A Swedish documentary culls vintage footage from the American civil rights struggle, featuring interviews with Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis and more — all from a perspective deeply skeptical...
Sep 8, 2011 · “The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975” is a fascinating collection of images and interviews by Swedish television journalists who traveled to the United States to chronicle the era.
- Göran Olsson
- 2 min
Using collated footage discovered in the cellar of Swedish Television some 30 years later after recording, The Black Power Mixtape is a film that examines the evolution of the Black Power movement in the United States from 1967 to 1975.
Last year, IFC Entertainment released The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, a documentary film based on archival footage shot by Swedish journalists. Written and directed by filmmaker Goran Hugo Olsson, the film offers a more balanced, outsider’s look at that period in Black American history.
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