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Baadasssss! is a 2003 American biographical drama film, written, produced, directed by, and starring Mario Van Peebles.
Baadasssss!: Directed by Mario Van Peebles. With Mario Van Peebles, Joy Bryant, T.K. Carter, Terry Crews. Mario Van Peebles' half-documentary/half-homage to his father Melvin Van Peebles' movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971).
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- Biography, Drama
- Mario Van Peebles
- 2005-03-17
Baadasssss!, also known as How to get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass, is Mario Van Peebles's homage to his father Melvin's 1971 film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadas...
- 2 min
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Jun 11, 2004 · Here is one of the best movies I’ve seen about the making of a movie — a fictionalized eyewitness account by Mario of how and why his father, Melvin Van Peebles, made “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,” a landmark in the birth of African-American cinema.
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- Mario Van Peebles
- 108 min
- 16
The true story of black filmmaking legend Melvin Van Peebles energizes with heart, humor and raw attitude under the talents of his son (director and star Mario Van Peebles) on a ride that details theunderdog effort to make an empowering black film against all odds.
An homage of reverence, an almost mythic biography, and yet a terrific (in many ways superior) creation, an essential companion piece yet standing on its own—the son becoming father to the man ...
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- Drama
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