Sunday, May 15, 2011

Quotes from Black Power Mixtape

At Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in April, I saw Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975, a phenomenal film of archival footage of the Black Power movement shot by Swedish journalists.


For some reviews of the film, use these links:

http://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/theblackpowermixtape19671975_sundance2011
http://www.fullframefest.org/more_film_info.php?id=3941

TRAILER


I typed up quotes after the film, so here is my aggregated list of tweets before and after film. I'll post them as is from twitter, and they can be found here: http://twitter.com/#!/marshallhouston. The tweets begin on April 16.

Just grabbed a seat for Black Power Mixtape. Mixed feelings about Page One. Great access but left me underwhelmed. 

Black Power Mixtape: raw, unfiltered, emotional, powerful. Quotes coming in following tweets... 

"Black as crow or white as snow, if you don't know and don't have dough, you can't go!" Black Power Mixtape 

"The worst crime against mankind is ignorance." -Questlove. Black Power Mixtape 

The power of the movement lies in the principles & goals you are striving for--not in the method of how you get there. A Davis 

I'm not anti-American. I'm against the institutions that rule America and spread racism." -filmmaker from NY, Black Power Mixtape 

"When you love yourself, you don't hurt other people... and you treat others as equals." -Angela Davis. Black Power Mixtape 

Young people that say youre tired--take a rest or take a vacation, but it's a lifetime job. Sonia Sanchez on fighting oppression 

RT : Angela Davis interview in Black Power Mixtape = most compelling 2 minutes of film I've seen in a long time 

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