Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

"The Film that THE MAN doesn't want you to see!"

Mar 22 1973 R 1h 37m
Action, Crime, Drama

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.

Plot

Sweet Sweetback is a black orphan who, having grown up in a brothel, now works there as part of a sex show. When the police need a patsy for a murder in the black community, His employer gives him up to two white cops, whom he ends up killing. Suddenly the target of a massive manhunt, he decides to flee to Mexico. As he makes his way there, he is captured by, and escapes from, both the cops and a chapter of the Hell's Angels.

Written by

Melvin Van Peebles

Directed by

Melvin Van Peebles

Cast

Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Yeah

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

Trailers
SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSS SONG [Official Theatrical Trailer - AGFA]
SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG Trailer [1971]
Featurettes
Bill Duke on SWEET SWEETBACK'S BADASSSSS SONG
Mario Van Peebles on Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Melvin Van Peebles's Legacy | NYFF59
Scores
# of Votes
6,051
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
71
Popularity
NA