Doc. 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975' to screen at NVIC

CAIRO – 18 November 2017: The 2011 documentary "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975" will screen at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo on Sunday, November 19.

This documentary collects the archived 16 millimeter footage of Swedish journalists who visited America in order to report on the rising Black Power Movement, aiming to honestly show the state of affairs in the U.S. from an outsider perspective.

They sat down and personally interviewed figures like Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver, leaders of the movement, and spoke to them in length. The Black Power Movement arose from frustration at the non-violent philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr., and an alternative that was more focused on powerful demonstrations was promoted by Carmichael.

Despite their efforts at uniting African-Americans through strength and pride, the Black Power Movement was set back by the assassination of King, the Vietnam War and other political unrests of the time, eventually cumulating in its collapse. "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975" provides a never-before-seen look at both the public and private faces of the movement, with stylish visual editing and commentary from people influenced by the movement, providing for a fresh new perspective.

"The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975" won the 2011 African-American Film Critics Association award for Best Documentary.