Go on the run with the legendary Melvin van Peebles in his 1971 blaxploitation classic, Sweet Sweetback's BAADASSSSS Song, as part of our American Independent series.
A young Black orphan (Peebles) is sheltered by a Los Angeles brothel, eventually earning the title 'Sweet Sweetback' and growing into one of the brothel's most renowned acts. After the murder of another Black man in the area, corrupt cops plan to fuel their own regime by blaming the murder on Sweetback. War ensues on the streets of LA, as Sweetback dons brass knuckles and anti-authority attitude to fend himself against the bigoted agenda of the police state tracking him down at every cost.
Featuring a score by a then-unknown Earth, Wind, and Fire, Sweet Sweetback's BAADASSSSS Song is at once revolutionary in its avant-garde editing and political radicalism.
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