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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 37m
  • 71

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Melvin Van Peebles

Producer:

Jerry Gross

Runtime:

1hr 37m

Synopsis

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.

Cast

  • Melvin Van Peebles
  • Hubert Scales
  • John Dullaghan
  • Simon Chuckster
  • Mario Van Peebles
  • Max Van Peebles
  • Rhetta Hughes
  • John Amos
  • Megan Van Peebles
  • Wesley Gale

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75

A shrewd and powerful mix of commercial ingredients and ideological intent.

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Metacritic review by Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
88

Over 40 years after its release, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song still retains its shock value, but even more so, it remains distinct as a work that cannot be squarely placed within a singular category.

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Metacritic review by Clayton Dillard
Clayton Dillard
Slant Magazine
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