Project Detail

BaadAsssss Cinema

Synopsis

Isaac Julien's BaadAsssss Cinema is a groundbreaking documentary that looks back to the soulful, strange days of the 70s to explore an exciting and controversial era of film history: the phenomenon that was blaxploitation.

Details

Year
2003
Type of film
Features
Running time
57 mins
Format
Digi Beta, Beta SP
Director
Isaac Julien
Producer
Caroline Kaplan, Alison Palmer Bourke, Jonathan Sehring
Editor
Adam Finch
Director of Photography
Jonathan Partridge, Neal Brown, Gary Kinkead
Sound
John Quinn, Steve Jankowski, David Ballard
Music
Andy Cowton
Principal cast
Samuel L Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Fred Williamson, Quentin Tarantino, Pam Grier, Melvin van Peebles, Larry Cohen, Afeni Shakur, Elvis Mitchell, bell hooks, Gloria Hendry

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Production Status

Production Company

Minerva Picture Company Ltd

6 Meard Street, London, W1F 0EG
UK

T/F 44 (0)20 8964 4451

minervapic@aol.com

Sales Company

NBD Sales

Units 1 and 2, Royalty Studios
105 Lancaster Road
London W11 1QF
UK

T 44 (0)20 7243 3646

distribution@nbdtv.com

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