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Classified X - Racially stereotyped portrayal of Blacks in Hollywood
By Melvin Van Peebles
Updated Oct 14, 2009 - 4:28:07 PM

Classifed X documents the history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of Black people in cinema. Written and narrated by Melvin Van Peebles, director of "revolutionary" film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Van Peebles is no angel, his films have been called exploitative, but this history is powerful.

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