Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
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Crime
Action
Documentary
Drama
Romance
Thriller
- Release Date
- April 23, 1971
- Director
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Cast
- Simon Chuckster , Melvin Van Peebles , Hubert Scales , John Dullaghan , West Gale , Niva Rochelle
- Runtime
- 97
- Main Genre
- Crime
- Writers
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Tagline
- The Film that THE MAN doesn't want you to see!
Summary
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.
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