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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)98 minCrime, Drama, ThrillerRating 54/100

A landmark of Black and American independent cinema that would send shock waves through the culture, Melvin Van Peebles’s revolutionary second feature film—made on Van Peebles’s own terms with the filmmaker acting as producer, director, writer, composer, editor, and star—created the prototype for what Hollywood would eventually co-opt and make into the blaxploitation hero.

Cast: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Mario Van Peebles, John Dullaghan, John Amos, Lavelle Roby, Rhetta Hughes

Director: Melvin Van Peebles