Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song poster

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song(1971)

Name: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1971-03-31

YOU BLED MY MOMMA. YOU BLED MY POPPA. BUT YOU WONT BLEED ME.

5.21h 38mDramaActionThrillerCrime

Directed by Melvin Van Peebles

Written by Melvin Van Peebles

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Overview

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.

Why you might like it

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 38m
Budget: $150,000
Revenue: $15,200,000

Trailers & Videos

Trailer · SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG Trailer [1971]

Featurette · Mark Kermode reviews Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song (1971) | BFI Player

Featurette · Mario Van Peebles on Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Melvin Van Peebles's Legacy | NYFF59

Featurette · Bill Duke on SWEET SWEETBACK'S BADASSSSS SONG

Cast

Simon Chuckster

Beetle

Melvin Van Peebles

Sweetback

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)

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