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SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG
U.S., 1971
Directed by Melvin Van Peebles
With Melvin Van Peebles
Approx. 97 min. DCP.
Renegade pimp Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles) hits the road after hacking up two corrupt pigs. Writer/producer/director/editor/composer/star Van Peebles’ uncompromising, totally independent groundbreaker heralded a new kind of Black Cinema, made its auteur a folk hero, and inspired a later generation of Black filmmakers.
Reviews
“SWEET SWEETBACK [is] a film that doesn't compromise.”
– Chicago Tribune