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Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story (2025)

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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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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Genre:Documentary
Directed By:Yemi Bamiro
Written By:Yemi Bamiro, Otto Burnham
In Theaters:11/13/2025
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Runtime:98 minutes
Studio:Misfits Entertainment, The Creative Coalition, Wayfarer Studios, The Kwame Brathwaite Archive

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