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Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story  (2025)


N/A|9 Oct, 2025|98 min
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Everyone knows the phrase “Black is Beautiful,” but few know of the man who helped popularize it. Little known Harlem based photographer - freedom fighter and activist - Kwame Brathwaite took 500,000 photos across his 70-year career, always devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life. This feature documentary tells the story of Kwame and the “Black is Beautiful” movement.
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Keywords
human rights
black
history

Crews

Yemi Bamiro
Director
Ian Bonhôte
Ian Bonhôte
Producer
Joanna Boateng
Producer
Robin Bronk
Producer
Andrew Calof
Producer
Lizzie Gillett
Producer
Andee Ryder
Andee Ryder
Executive Producer
Steve Sarowitz
Executive Producer
Otto Burnham
Editor
Jean-Louis Schuller
Jean-Louis Schuller
Director of Photography
Yemi Bamiro
Writer
Otto Burnham
Writer