Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
5.2|31 Mar, 1971|98 min
The Film that THE MAN doesn't want you to see!
5.2|31 Mar, 1971|98 min
Released
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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.
Language
Budget$150,000
Revenue $15,200,000
English
Budget$150,000
Revenue $15,200,000
Keywords
police brutality
mexico
homophobia
brothel
1970s
anti hero
pimp
black panther party
on the run
blaxploitation cinema
racism
los angeles, california
revolutionary
black stereotype
racist cop
whorehouse
1940s
sex show
tijuana, mexico
black cinema
corrupt cop
Casts
Simon Chuckster
Beetle
Melvin Van Peebles
Sweetback
Hubert Scales
Mu-Mu
Mario Van Peebles
The Young Sweetback
John Dullaghan
Commissioner
John Amos
Biker
Lavelle Roby
Rhetta Hughes
Old Girlfriend
Norman Fields
Joe Tornatore
Mikel Angel
William Kirschner
Vincent Barbi
Chesley Noone
Curt Matson
Actor
Wesley Gale
(as West Gale)
Crews
Jerry Gross
Producer
Melvin Van Peebles
Producer
Robert Maxwell
Director of Photography
Melvin Van Peebles
Director
Melvin Van Peebles
Screenplay
Melvin Van Peebles
Editor
Nora Maxwell
Makeup Supervisor
Jose Garcia
Camera Operator
Maurice White
Orchestrator
Chic Borland
Production Assistant
Clark Will
Sound
Jose Garcia
Second Unit Director
Jeremy Hoenack
Assistant Editor
Skip Karnas
Production Assistant
Verdine White
Orchestrator
Priscilla Watts
Production Assistant
Robert Maxwell
Camera Operator
John H. Newman
Sound Editor
Winfred Tennison
Production Assistant
Clyde Houston
Production Manager
Clyde Houston
Assistant Director
Philip Bailey
Orchestrator
Cliff Wenger
Special Effects
Luke Wolfram
Sound Editor
Melvin Van Peebles
Original Music Composer
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