The Black Power Mixtape is a historical documentary that shows footage shot by Swedish journalists who were examining the evolution of the Black Power Movement in America from 1967 to 1975. Their mission was to “[show] the country as it really is.” The documentary examines the movement year by year, highlighting important black leaders and historic events that have shaped our nation into what it is today. The footage they showed was very insightful. Interviews with black people living at the time showed their point of view in a way that textbooks cannot. What the black citizens of America had to say was very profound and really forces the viewer to think. The film started by exploring the philosophies of a black activist named Stokely Carmichael.
