Göran Olsson

  • Göran Olsson – The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)

    Göran Olsson2011-2020DocumentaryPoliticsSweden

    Synopsis:
    THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish filmmakers, after languishing in a basement of a TV station for 30 years, into an irresistible mosaic of images, music, and narration chronicling the evolution one of our nation’s most indelible turning points, the Black Power movement. Featuring candid interviews with the movement’s most explosive revolutionary minds, including Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Stokely Carmichael, and Kathleen Cleaver, the film explores the community, people and radical ideas of the movement. Music by Questlove and Om’Mas Keith, and commentary from and modern voices including Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Talib Kweli, and Melvin Van Peebles give the historical footage a fresh sound and make THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-75 an exhilarating, unprecedented account of an American revolution.Read More »

  • Göran Olsson – That Summer (2017)

    Göran Olsson2011-2020DocumentarySweden
    That Summer (2017)
    That Summer (2017)

    The art scene of the New York of the 70’s captured through unpublished scenes of the filming of the classic documentary “Grey Gardens” with Andy Warhol, Jonas Mekas or Truman Capote.

    The summer of 1972, Lee Radziwill, the little sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, decides to make a film with the photographer Peter Beard about her childhood in Long Island. When Albert and David Maysles join the team, soon the film goes on to focus on Radziwill’s cousin Edith Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith Ewing Bouvier.Read More »

  • Göran Olsson – Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much (1998)

    1991-2000DocumentaryGöran OlssonSweden

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    In 1998, SVT made a documentary about Leila K’s claim for stardom called Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much. The event focuses on an incident that happened during the 1996 Swedish Grammis awards. In 2000, she appeared on Daisy Dee’s “Open Sesame” video, a cover of her own 1991 hit. Daisy Dee was the presenter of the show “Viva Club Rotation” at the time. In 2003, Swedish media reported that Leila K was living on the streets, stealing her food.

    2009 the rock documentary Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much was released May 2009 in Sweden.Read More »

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