Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
(1971)|
Putting black cinema on the map and ushering in the 1970s blaxploitation genre, Melvin Van Peebles's thrilling work of entertainment is also a historically and ideologically significant essay on the race issue. Sweetback (Van Peebles) is an apolitical black sex performer who becomes a reluctant hero when he kills the white policemen who brutalized a young prisoner for racist reasons. On the run to Mexico, he encounters some unique characters. ...
Starring: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster
Director: Melvin Van Peebles Genre: Classics Format: DVD Language: English  Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.
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