Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Sweet Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles) is a black orphan who, having grown up in a brothel, now works there as part of a sex show. When the police need a patsy for a murder in the black community, Sweetback's employer gives him up to two white cops, whom Sweetback ends up killing. Suddenly the target of a massive manhunt, he decides to flee to Mexico. As he makes his way there, he is captured by, and escapes from, both the cops and a chapter of the Hell's Angels.
Directed By:
Melvin Van Peebles
Rated:
R
Running Time:
1 hr 37 min
Genre:
Crime & Drama
Release Date:
April 23, 1971

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