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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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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Melvin Van Peebles
- 1973-03-22
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.
- 98 min
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- transer1990
Mar 23, 2020 · Included in MoMA’s permanent collection and considered to be among the most significant features ever by an African-American filmmaker, SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSS SONG is an...
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- AGFA
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...
Sep 29, 2021 · Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971) - Original Release Trailer. Janus Films. 15.5K subscribers.
- 3 min
- 44.4K
- Janus Films
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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.
