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| Genre: | Documentary |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Rating: | ? |
| Length: | 53 min |
| Country: | USA |
| Cast: | Melvin Van Peebles - Narrator |
| Credits: | Directed by Mark Daniels |
Synopsis
A starting new documentary written and performed by Melvin van Peebles, director of the siminal 1971 film, Weet Swetback's Badasssss Song. Van Peebles explores the Hollywood vision fo Arfican-Americans, variously portrayed as illiterate primitives, bumbling servants or simply on the fringes of civil society. A stinging commentary on celluloid recism. Using images from classic American films as chilling reference, Van Peebles explains with wit and anger why popular culture is still a matter of black and white.
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