The Black Power Mixtape examine l’évolution du mouvement « Black Power » dans la communauté noire et sa diaspora de 1967 à 1975. Le film allie de la musique, une surprenante pellicule de 16mm et des entretiens audio contemporains d’artistes, d’activistes, de musiciens et d’érudits afro-américains. C’est est documentaire d’archives axé sur la musique qui examine l’évolution du mouvement « Black Power » dans la communauté afro-américaine ainsi que sa diaspora entre 1967 et 1975. Combinant de surprenantes images inédites tournées en 16mm, reposant dans les caves de la télévision suédoise depuis 30 ans, avec des entretiens audio contemporains d’artistes, d’activistes, de musiciens et d’érudits afro-américains majeurs, le film observe les gens, leur culture et leur style au sein d’une société en changement. Utilisant un format novateur qui colle au format populaire des années 1970, The Black Power Mixtape est un voyage cinématographique et musical au sein des ghettos américains.

Documentario dedicato al movimento americano del Black Power e della sua lotta per la giustizia, che verso la fine degli anni '60 apportò notevoli cambiamenti alla società. Il film si compone di materiale video inedito e interviste con artisti afro-americani, attivisti, musicisti e scienziati.

From 1967 to 1975, fueled by curiosity and naïveté, Swedish journalists traversed the Atlantic Ocean to film the black power movement in America. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material, which languished in a basement for 30 years, into an irresistible mosaic of images, music, and narration to chronicle the movement's evolution. Mesmerizing footage of Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Angela Davis, and Eldridge Cleaver, as well as Black Panther activities, are peppered with B-roll footage of black America. These scenes take on a fresh, global angle through the outsider perspective of the Swedish lens.
Meanwhile, penetrating commentaries from artists and activists influenced by the struggle-like Harry Belafonte, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, and Professor Robin D. G. Kelley-riff on the range of radical ideas and strategies for liberation. Their insights and the vibrancy of the unearthed footage render the black power movement startlingly immediate and profoundly relevant.

The Black Power Mixtape is compilation feature documentary film that displays the story of the African-American community 1967-1975, the people, the society and the style that fueled a change. Told with sparkling, beautiful and deep footage, lost in the archives in Sweden for 30 years.

From 1967 to 1975, Swedish journalists chronicled the Black Power movement in America. Combining that 16mm footage, undiscovered until now, with contemporary audio interviews, this film illuminates the people and culture that fueled change and brings the movement to life anew.