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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.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Melvin Van Peebles
- 1973-03-22
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.
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
- 69.7K
- transer1990
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. 17.3K subscribers. Subscribed. 234. 44K views 2 years ago. ...more.
- 3 min
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- Janus Films
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song became a surprise hit, and for a long time remained one of the most profitable independent films of all-time. Coming out during the peak of racial unrest and the Civil Rights movement and the rise of Black Power, the film would expectedly divide critics, black and white.
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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 walked away from a contract with Columbia in order to make his next film on his own terms.
