"The Black Power Mixtape" set to get a Theatrical Release

A few months back there was the mention of a Swedish filmmaker Goran Hugo Olsson who was putting together a film titled, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 . The project was definitely stirring up a lot of conversation especially on whether or not this film would truly see the light of day. However, the documentary premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and was recently picked up for distribution by Sundance Selects.

From 1967 to 1975, fueled by curiosity and naïveté, Swedish journalists traversed the Atlantic Ocean to film the black power movement in America. The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975
Meanwhile, penetrating commentaries from artists and activists influenced by the struggle—like Harry Belafonte, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, and Professor Robin D. G. Kelley—riff on the range of radical ideas and strategies for liberation. Their insights and the vibrancy of the unearthed footage render the black power movement startlingly immediate and profoundly relevant.
mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material, which languished in a basement for 30 years, into an irresistible mosaic of images, music, and narration to chronicle the movement’s evolution. Mesmerizing footage of Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Angela Davis, and Eldridge Cleaver, as well as Black Panther activities, are peppered with B-roll footage of black America. These scenes take on a fresh, global angle through the outsider perspective of the Swedish lens.

According to Shadow and Act it will have a limited release in New York and Los Angeles in mid-September and then not too long after that will it hit more theaters.

So far it has received raving reviews and many are very pleased and anxious for it to make its theatrical debut. Another highlight of the film is that Danny Glover is one of the film's producers, as well as once it hits TV screens it will be on the PBS Independent Lens .

Check out the trailer below...