Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

Name: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1971
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 5.205
Cast: Hubert Scales, Joe Tornatore, John Amos, John Dullaghan, Lavelle Roby

Action Crime Drama Thriller

5.2 (105 votes)

1h 38m

Overview

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.

Details

Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Writer: Melvin Van Peebles
Original Language: English
Budget: $150,000

Cast

Hubert Scales Joe Tornatore John Amos John Dullaghan Lavelle Roby Mario Van Peebles Melvin Van Peebles Norman Fields Rhetta Hughes Simon Chuckster

Keywords

1940s 1970s anti hero black cinema black panther party black stereotype blaxploitation cinema brothel corrupt cop homophobia los angeles california mexico on the run pimp police brutality racism racist cop revolutionary sex show tijuana mexico whorehouse

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