ActionCrimeDramaThriller
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
"The Film that THE MAN doesn't want you to see!"
User Score114 votes
51%5.1/10
Release1971→
Runtime1H 38M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Simon Chuckster
Beetle
Melvin Van Peebles
Sweetback
Hubert Scales
Mu-Mu
Mario Van Peebles
The Young Sweetback
John Dullaghan
Commissioner
John Amos
Biker
Lavelle Roby
Rhetta Hughes
Old Girlfriend
Media23
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Director
Melvin Van Peebles
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Box Office
Budget$0M
Revenue$15M
Certification
NC-17Keywords
police brutalitymexicohomophobiabrothel1970santi heropimpblack panther partyon the runblaxploitation cinemaracismlos angeles, californiarevolutionaryblack stereotyperacist copwhorehouse1940ssex showtijuana, mexicoblack cinemacorrupt cop
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Countries:United States of America
Production:Cinemation IndustriesYeah