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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.
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. 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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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Melvin Van Peebles
- 1973-03-22
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...
Jan 30, 2009 · The official trailer for the film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles.
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- Xenon Pictures
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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Melvin Van Peebles's groundbreaking, hugely influential - and controversial - Black revolution film.More on the film: - - - - - -Short article from The Guard...
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Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song A landmark of Black and American independent cinema that would send shock waves through the culture, Melvin Van Peebles’s revolutionary second feature film—made on Van Peebles’s own terms with the filmmaker acting as producer, director, writer, composer, editor, and star—created the prototype for what ...
