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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Melvin Van Peebles
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    Beetle Simon Chuckster
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    Sweetback Melvin Van Peebles
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    Mu-Mu Hubert Scales
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    The Young Sweetback Mario Van Peebles
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    Commissioner John Dullaghan
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    Biker John Amos
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    Lavelle Roby
  • Profile picture of Rhetta Hughes
    Old Girlfriend Rhetta Hughes

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Keywords

  • police brutality
  • mexico
  • homophobia
  • black people
  • 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