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