AmericanfilmcriticElvisMitchell’skaleidoscopicdocumentarycreatesadefinitivenarrativeoftheBlackrevolutionin1970scinema,fromgenrefilmstosocialrealism—aworkofpainstakingscholarshipthat’salsothoroughlyentertaining,anessentialarchivaldocumentandtestamenttoaperiodofAmericanfilmhistoryunlikelytoberepeated.
AmericanfilmcriticElvisMitchell’skaleidoscopicdocumentarycreatesadefinitivenarrativeoftheBlackrevolutionin1970scinema,fromgenrefilmstosocialrealism—aworkofpainstakingscholarshipthat’salsothoroughlyentertaining,anessentialarchivaldocumentandtestamenttoaperiodofAmericanfilmhistoryunlikelytoberepeated.