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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American independent blaxploitation action thriller film written, co-produced, scored, edited, directed by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles. His son Mario Van Peebles also appears in a small role, playing the title character as a young boy.
Mar 22, 1973 · Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. With Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, Simon Chuckster. After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
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- Melvin Van Peebles
- 1973-03-22
Credits. A landmark of Black and American independent cinema that would send shock waves through the culture, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song was Melvin Van Peebles’s second feature film, after he walked away from a contract with Columbia in order to make his next film on his own terms.
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Sep 29, 2021 · Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971) - Original Release Trailer. Janus Films. 15.5K subscribers. Subscribed. 224. 43K views 2 years ago.
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When the police need a patsy for a murder in the black community, Sweetback's employer gives him up to two white cops, whom Sweetback ends up killing. Suddenly the target of a massive...
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Jan 30, 2009 · 573K views 15 years ago. The official trailer for the film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles. For more information visit...
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is the soundtrack to Melvin Van Peebles' 1971 feature film of the same name. The soundtrack was performed by then-unknown Earth, Wind & Fire and released in 1971 on Stax Records.
