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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 · 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.
May 7, 2020 · Sweet Sweetback’s Badass Song - Full Movie. 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.
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’s incendiary politics are matched by Van Peebles’s revolutionary style, in which jagged jump cuts, kaleidoscopic superimpositions, and psychedelic sound design come together in a sustained howl of rage and defiance.
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. ...more.
73% Tomatometer 30 Reviews. 48% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings. Sweet Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles) is a black orphan who, having grown up in a brothel, now works there as part of a sex show.
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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...
