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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song poster

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

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

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NC-17 1971 · 1h 38m
Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Starring Melvin Van Peebles · Mario Van Peebles · John Amos
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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.

Theatrical
Mar 31, 1971
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 14, 2003
Box Office
$15.2M
Budget
$150K
Return
101.3x
Director
Melvin Van Peebles
Writer
Melvin Van Peebles
Producers
Jerry Gross, Melvin Van Peebles
Music
Melvin Van Peebles
Studio
Cinemation Industries, Yeah
Keywords
mexico police brutality homophobia 1970s brothel pimp anti hero black panther party on the run blaxploitation cinema fugitive racism los angeles, california revolutionary black stereotype racist cop whorehouse sex show tijuana, mexico sex with a minor black cinema corrupt cop
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Cast

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M
Melvin Van Peebles
Sweetback
M
Mario Van Peebles
Young Sweetback
J
John Amos
Biker
L
Lavelle Roby
R
Rhetta Hughes
Old Girlfriend
N
Norman Fields
J
Joe Tornatore
M
Mikel Angel
V
Vincent Barbi
C
Curt Matson
Actor
W
Wesley Gale
(as West Gale)

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