Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971 · 1h 38m · Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller · United States of America · Rated NC-17 (US)
YOU BLED MY MOMMA. YOU BLED MY POPPA. BUT YOU WONT BLEED ME.
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
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Melvin Van Peebles5.5Smart score
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1970santi heroblack cinemablack panther partyblack stereotypeblaxploitation cinemabrothelcorrupt copfugitivehomophobialos angeles, californiamexicoon the runpimppolice brutalityracismracist coprevolutionarysex showsex with a minortijuana, mexicowhorehouse
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