Bibliograph

Sweet sweetback's baad asssss song, a film of Melvin Van Peebles ; a Yeah production

Type

Label

Sweet sweetback's baad asssss song, a film of Melvin Van Peebles ; a Yeah production

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated; "Rated X by an all white jury"--Container

Main title

Sweet sweetback's baad asssss song

Oclc number

51768485

Responsibility statement

a film of Melvin Van Peebles ; a Yeah production

Runtime

Summary

A young hustler's 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, take brutal revenge on the caps, 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"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."--IMDB

Table Of Contents

Special features include : "making of" film by Melvin Van Peebles : "The Real deal: what it was [strikethrough] ... is" (2002) ; filmography

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

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