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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Simon Chuckster as Beetle |
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Melvin Van Peebles as Sweetback |
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Mario Van Peebles as The 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 |
| Production | Melvin Van Peebles | Producer |
| Camera | Robert Maxwell | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Melvin Van Peebles | Director |
| Writing | Melvin Van Peebles | Screenplay |
| Editing | Melvin Van Peebles | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nora Maxwell | Makeup Supervisor |
| Camera | Jose Garcia | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Maurice White | Orchestrator |
| Production | Chic Borland | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Clark Will | Sound |
| Directing | Jose Garcia | Second Unit Director |
| Editing | Jeremy Hoenack | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Skip Karnas | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Verdine White | Orchestrator |
| Production | Priscilla Watts | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Robert Maxwell | Camera Operator |
| Sound | John H. Newman | Sound Editor |
| Production | Winfred Tennison | Production Assistant |
| Production | Clyde Houston | Production Manager |
| Directing | Clyde Houston | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Philip Bailey | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Cliff Wenger | Special Effects |
| Sound | Luke Wolfram | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Melvin Van Peebles | Original Music Composer |
