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Posted: April 29, 2004

Description: In 1971, black filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles had a vision: A black man... (more)

Description: In 1971, black filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles had a vision: A black man should be able to stand up to the Man on film and come out on top. After being turned down by every studio he could think of, he risked everything to self-finance his third film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. The first hero to explode out of the ghetto paved the way for Shaft, Superfly and Foxy Brown and the many powerful black characters with soul that populated cinema and television for the rest of the 20th century.

Star: Adam West
Star: T.K. Carter
Star: Saul Rubinek
Star: Mario Van Peebles
Star: Ossie Davis
Star: Paul Rodriguez
Star: Nia Long
Star: David Alan Grier
Star: Khleo Thomas
Composer: Tyler Bates
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Director of Photography: Robert Primes
Executive Producer: Michael Mann
Producer: Mario Van Peebles
Screenwriter: Mario Van Peebles
Source Writer: Melvin Van Peebles

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Tags: badass • black • blaxploitation • revolution

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