Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

🎞️ Movie 97 min US
IMDb TMDb Crime Drama Thriller
★ 5.5 /10 1971

The Film that THE MAN doesn't want you to see!

Melvin Van Peebles wrote, directed, produced, edited, composed and starred in this powerful and inflammatory attack on White America. After the body of a black man is discovered, Sweetback helps two white 'acquaintances' in the police force to look good by agreeing to go with them to the station as a suspect. But he is forced to go on the run after brutally attacking the two policemen when they arrest and beat up a young black man.

Cast

Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles
Sweetback
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Hubert Scales
Mu-Mu
John Dullaghan
John Dullaghan
Commissioner
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Simon Chuckster
Beetle
Mario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles
Sweetback - Kid
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Max Van Peebles
Sweetback - Young
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Rhetta Hughes
Old Girl Friend
John Amos
John Amos
Biker
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Megan Van Peebles
Kid
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Wesley Gale
Earth Wind & Fire
Earth Wind & Fire
Composer
Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles
Composer
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Robert Maxwell
Cinematographer

🎬 Videos

Official Theatrical Trailer - AGFA
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Trailer
Official Theatrical Trailer - AGFA
Mark Kermode reviews Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song (1971) | BFI Player
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Featurette
Mark Kermode reviews Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song (1971) | BFI Player
Mario Van Peebles on Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Melvin Van Peebles's Legacy | NYFF59
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Featurette
Mario Van Peebles on Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Melvin Van Peebles's Legacy | NYFF59
SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG Trailer [1971]
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Trailer
SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG Trailer [1971]
Bill Duke on SWEET SWEETBACK'S BADASSSSS SONG
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Featurette
Bill Duke on SWEET SWEETBACK'S BADASSSSS SONG
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