🎬 Documentary

Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story

2025 1h 38m Dir. Yemi Bamiro

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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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Year
2025
Runtime
1h 38m
Genre
Documentary
Director
Language
EN
🎭 Documentary 🎬 Yemi Bamiro
human rights black history

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Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story has a runtime of 1h 38m (1 hour and 38 minutes).
Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story was directed by Yemi Bamiro and released in 2025.
Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story is a Documentary film (2025).

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