Slideshow
SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG
Tuesday, August 20
2:15
Wednesday, August 21
9:00
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