Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story (2025)
99 min
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.
- Release date
- October 9, 2025
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
- Music
- Kwes, Marli Wren
Cast
- Kwame S Brathwaite as Self
- Sikolo Brathwaite as Self
- Ndola Brathwaite as Self
- Robynn Brathwaite as Self
- Tanisha C. Ford as Self - Interviewee
- Elombe Brath as Self - Interviewee
- Kwame Brathwaite as Self
- Alicia Keys
- Queen Black Rose as Self - Interviewee
- Swizz Beatz as Self - Interviewee
Crew
- Yemi Bamiro · Director
- Joanna Boateng · Producer
- Ian Bonhôte · Producer
- Andrew Calof · Producer
- Lizzie Gillett · Producer
- Kwes · Composer
- Marli Wren · Composer
- Jean-Louis Schuller · Cinematographer
- Otto Burnham · Editor