Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
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.
Director:
Melvin Van Peebles
Writer:
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 |
