Sweet Sweetbacks Lied (1971)
Sweetback arbeitet als Stricher und Sex-Darsteller in einem Bordell in Los Angeles. Als er Zeuge wird, wie zwei weiße Polizisten ein Mitglied der Black Panthers brutal misshandeln, brennen bei ihm die Sicherungen durch: Er schlägt die Beamten nieder und rettet den Aktivisten. Damit wird er zum meistgesuchten Mann der Stadt. Auf seiner atemlosen Flucht vor dem rassistischen Polizeiapparat in Richtung mexikanische Grenze wird Sweetback zum Symbol des Widerstands. Unterstützung erhält er dabei von der Ghetto-Community und unerwartet auch von einer Gruppe desillusionierter Hells Angels, während er alles daransetzt, dem System zu entkommen.
Der Regisseur:
Melvin Van Peebles
Der Autor:
Melvin Van Peebles
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Melvin Van Peebles as Sweetback |
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Simon Chuckster as Beetle |
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Mario Van Peebles as Young Sweetback |
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John Dullaghan as Commissioner |
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John Amos as Biker |
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Lavelle Roby as |
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Rhetta Hughes as Old Girlfriend |
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Norman Fields as |
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Joe Tornatore as |
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Mikel Angel as |
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William Kirschner as |
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Vincent Barbi as |
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Chesley Noone as |
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Curt Matson as Actor |
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Wesley Gale as (as West Gale) |
| Production | Jerry Gross | Producer |
| Camera | Robert Maxwell | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Melvin Van Peebles | Director |
| Production | Melvin Van Peebles | Producer |
| Writing | Melvin Van Peebles | Screenplay |
| Editing | Melvin Van Peebles | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nora Maxwell | Makeup Supervisor |
| Production | Clyde Houston | Production Manager |
| Directing | Clyde Houston | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jose Garcia | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Luke Wolfram | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John H. Newman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Clark Will | Sound |
| Crew | Cliff Wenger | Special Effects |
| Camera | Jose Garcia | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Robert Maxwell | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Jeremy Hoenack | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Maurice White | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Philip Bailey | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Verdine White | Orchestrator |
| Production | Priscilla Watts | Production Assistant |
| Production | Winfred Tennison | Production Assistant |
| Production | Skip Karnas | Production Assistant |
| Production | Chic Borland | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Melvin Van Peebles | Original Music Composer |
