Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 action movie directed by Melvin Van Peebles, with a running time of 1h 38m. It stars Simon Chuckster, Melvin Van Peebles and Mario Van Peebles.
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.
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Stream: Criterion Channel
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Cast
- Simon Chuckster as Beetle
- Melvin Van Peebles as Sweetback
- Mario Van Peebles as The Young Sweetback
- John Dullaghan as Commissioner
- John Amos as Biker
- Lavelle Roby
- Rhetta Hughes as Old Girlfriend
- Norman Fields
- Joe Tornatore
- Mikel Angel
- William Kirschner
- Vincent Barbi
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