Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
2025, English. Directed by 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.
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- 1h 38m
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 9 October 2025
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Written by
- Yemi Bamiro, Otto Burnham
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Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 October 2025. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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If you liked Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, try My Mom Jayne, Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King, Come See Me in the Good Light.
Who directed Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story?
Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story (2025) was directed by Yemi Bamiro.