What Makes this Film Great | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Melvin Van Peebles's groundbreaking, hugely influential - and controversial - Black revolution film.
More on the film:
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Short article from The Guardian (Steve Rose) celebrating the film's 50th anniversary: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021...
A more in-depth recent look at the film, including a discussion of its score, Mike Smaczylo at Muse: https://musebycl.io/music-film/melvin...
Interview with Van Peebles about his career (NPR 2008), including a lengthy discussion on Sweetback, including the role of sex in the film: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/97300380
Here's a discussion of Mario Van Peebles's "Baadasssss" in which the younger Van Peebles discusses his appearance in Sweetback, including the controversial scene: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...
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Title music: "Adventure"
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