SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1971
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: 30th Anniversary Special Edition; ; 'All the films about black people up to now,' director Melvin Van Peebles told Newsweek in 1971, 'have been told through the eyes of the Anglo-Saxon majority-in their rhythms and speech and pace. In my film, the black audience finally gets a chance to see some of their own fantasies acted out...rising out of the mud and kicking a**.' ; ; Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is the story of a young hustler (Van Peebles) whose aimless pleasure-seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a black revolutionary by two white cops. Sweetback, driven to a state of blind rage, takes brutal revenge on the cops, forcing him into a desperate life on the run. ; ; Despite a humble opening at only two theaters followed by a torrent of negative reviews, Sweetback mushroomed to $10,000,000 at the box office, landing it on Daily Variety's list of top-grossing independent films. It has also been widely credited as the film that kicked off the so-called 'Blaxploitation' film movement
• Cast: Simon Chuckster, Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, Rhetta Hughes, John Amos, Mario Van Peebles, Megan Van Peebles, Edson C. Kurose, Max Van Peebles, Maggie Bembry
• Director: Melvin Van Peebles
• Runtime: 1:37
• Company: Xenon ENtertainment
• Media Format: Movie