Documentary edited together from the archives of Swedish journalists, who filmed footage on the Black Panthers between 1967 and 1975.

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30 years later, Göran Hugo Olsson has edited together 16mm footage of the Black Panthers filmed by Swedish journalists. The documentary includes segments with Stokely Carmichael, the charismatic leader who took up the flame carried by Martin Luther King in favor of equal rights for black people in a more combative way; interviews with Angela Davis, a militant communist who spent time in prison and is still very active in politics today; portraits of contemporary militants and witnesses of the struggle against racial segregation; and narration by poets and singers about their own methods of intervention.

The Black Power Mixtape shows a very engaged vision by Swedish journalists of the times, as they did not hesitate in denouncing American methods for eradicating the student movement. From the passionate archival footage, it is refreshing to see undisguised journalistic engagement equal to that of the Black Power militants. The quality of the 16mm film - without modern additions - that of the soundtrack, and the fact that more recent narration comes from voices off, means the ambience of the time remains intact.