Directed by:
Melvin Van PeeblesScreenplay:
Melvin Van PeeblesCinematography:
Robert MaxwellComposer:
Melvin Van PeeblesCast:
Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Amos, Mario Van Peebles, Ed Rue, Vincent Barbi, Mikel Angel, Joe Tornatore, Lavelle Roby, Wesley GalePlots(1)
The film tells the story of Sweetback (Van Peebles), an apolitical black sex performer who becomes a reluctant picaresque hero when he kills the two white policemen who brutalized a young prisoner for racist reasons. On the run to Mexico, Sweetback encounters all manner of provocatively stereotypical characters, including a shower-capped ghetto thug who won't help him, a hypocritical Baptist preacher, and, of course, a host of women who can't get enough of his supercharged sexuality. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Melvin Van Peebles
USA
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Panther (1995)
Simon Chuckster
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Hubert Scales
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John Amos
USA
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Mario Van Peebles
Mexico
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Ed Rue
USA
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Vincent Barbi
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Mikel Angel
USA
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Joe Tornatore
USA
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Wesley Gale
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