Representation is revolution
A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.
Elvis Mitchell
Director, Writer

Elvis Mitchell
Narrator (voice)

Margaret Avery
Self

Harry Belafonte
Self

Charles Burnett
Self
Suzanne de Passe
Self

Antonio Fargas
Self

Laurence Fishburne
Self

Sheila Frazier
Self

Whoopi Goldberg
Self
A Decade Under the Influence79%
Fuck64%
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)76%
Halftime67%
Sympathy for the Devil62%
Shawn Mendes: In Wonder81%
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?75%
Beastie Boys Story74%
Tupac: Resurrection79%
Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now76%
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution70%
Milius70%
Stans71%
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction69%
The Rachel Divide62%
Reincarnated61%
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese70%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.77%
Supersonic73%