Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
Director: Yemi Bamiro
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.
