How long is Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song?

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is 1 hr 37 min long.

Who is Sweetback in Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song?

Melvin Van Peebles plays Sweetback in the film.

What is Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song about?

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.

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Name: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Released: 1971-04-23
Duration: 97
Rating: 47

R 1 hr 37 min

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How long is Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song?: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is 1 hr 37 min long.

Who directed Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song?: Melvin Van Peebles

Who is Sweetback in Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song?: Melvin Van Peebles plays Sweetback in the film.

What is Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song about?: 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.