Bibliograph

Sweet sweetback's baadasssss song, Baadasssss!, a film of Melvin Van Peebles ; a Yeah production

Type

Label

Sweet sweetback's baadasssss song, Baadasssss!, a film of Melvin Van Peebles ; a Yeah production

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Main title

Sweet sweetback's baadasssss song

Medium

videorecording ;

Oclc number

1269269786

Responsibility statement

a film of Melvin Van Peebles ; a Yeah production

Runtime

Series statement

Criterion collection ; 1095

Sub title

Baadasssss!

Summary

Sweet sweetback's baadasssss song: A young hustler's aimless pleasure-seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a Black revolutionary by two white copsBaadasssss: A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peebles' struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy. With everything on the line, his only choice is to stick to his guns and do whatever it takes to get his neo-blaxploitation epic to the audience for which it was envisioned

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Sweet sweetback's badass songBaadasssss!Badass!

Classification