Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story (2025)

Name: Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
Director: Yemi Bamiro
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-10-09
Duration: 98 min

20251h 38mDocumentary

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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Crew

Director: Yemi Bamiro
Writers: Yemi Bamiro Otto Burnham
Producers: Andee Ryder Steve Sarowitz Alicia Keys Swizz Beatz Jesse Williams Kwame S Brathwaite
Cinematography: Jean-Louis Schuller
Editing: Otto Burnham

Details

Released: October 9, 2025
Language: English
Studio: Misfits Entertainment, The Creative Coalition, Wayfarer Studios
IMDb: tt29702584