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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
“YOU BLED MY MOMMA. YOU BLED MY POPPA. BUT YOU WONT BLEED ME.”
5.2 / 10• 1971• 1h 38m•NC-17• English
ActionCrimeThriller
Storyline
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
Melvin Van Peebles
Sweetback
Lead
Simon Chuckster
Beetle
Mario Van Peebles
Young Sweetback
John Dullaghan
Commissioner
John Amos
Biker
Lavelle Roby
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Rhetta Hughes
Old Girlfriend
Norman Fields
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Melvin Van Peebles's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
