Airing | 7/15, 6:45a

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

1h 45m|R|Crime drama|1971
Sweet Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles) is a black orphan who, having grown up in a brothel, now works there as part of a sex show. When the police need a patsy for a murder in the black community, Sweetback's employer gives him up to two white cops, whom Sweetback ends up killing. Suddenly the target of a massive manhunt, he decides to flee to Mexico. As he makes his way there, he is captured by, and escapes from, both the cops and a chapter of the Hell's Angels.

Director:

Melvin Van Peebles

Cast:

Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, West Gale, Niva Rochelle, Rhetta Hughes, Nick Ferrari, Ed Rue, John Amos, Lavelle Roby
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
GENRECrime drama
DETAILSRuntime: 1h 45m Rating: R