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In the days
before porn was unavoidable and when Black sexuality
was still a punch line, Sweetback showed its nerve
by turning Black sex into a show and refusing to blink or turn away. It's a Van Peebles
brick-by-brick construction, a device to make the audience understand
what it's like to be objectified
before porn was unavoidable and when Black sexuality
was still a punch line, Sweetback showed its nerve
by turning Black sex into a show and refusing to blink or turn away. It's a Van Peebles
brick-by-brick construction, a device to make the audience understand
what it's like to be objectified
Full Transcript
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In the days
before porn was unavoidable
00:00:03.795 --> 00:00:06.756
and when Black sexuality
was still a punch line,
00:00:06.084 --> 00:00:10.468
Sweetback showed its nerve
by turning Black sex into a show
00:00:10.552 --> 00:00:12.971
and refusing to blink or turn away.
00:00:13.054 --> 00:00:15.598
It's a Van Peebles
brick-by-brick construction,
00:00:15.682 --> 00:00:20.145
a device to make the audience understand
what it's like to be objectified.
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Movie Summary
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
