Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
“YOU BLED MY MOMMA. YOU BLED MY POPPA. BUT YOU WONT BLEED ME.”
1971 · 1 h 37 min
Directed by 
Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van PeeblesCast
Melvin Van Peebles Hubert Scales John Dullaghan Simon Chuckster Mario Van Peebles Max Van Peebles
Credits
Written by: Melvin Van Peebles
Plot
A Black man in Los Angeles, Sweetback, who has been raised in a brothel, beats two white policemen who are beating a Black militant, and flees to Mexico, in a raw, militant, independent film that helped start blaxploitation.
Sinekatalog’s take
A raw, militant and groundbreaking independent film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.5 / 10 (6,542 votes)
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