Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American independent film, written, produced, scored, directed by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles, father of actor Mario Van Peebles (who was also in the movie). It tells the picaresque story of a deprived African American man on his flight from the white authority. Van Peebles began to develop the film after being offered a three-picture contract for Columbia Pictures.
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- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American independent film, written, produced, scored, directed by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles, father of actor Mario Van Peebles (who was also in the movie). It tells the picaresque story of a deprived African American man on his flight from the white authority. Van Peebles began to develop the film after being offered a three-picture contract for Columbia Pictures. Because no studio would finance the film, Van Peebles funded the film himself, shooting it independently over a period of 19 days, performing all of his own stunts and appearing in several unsimulated sex scenes. Van Peebles gained additional funds from applying for worker's compensation after contracting gonorrhea during the shooting of these scenes, and received a $50,000 loan from Bill Cosby to complete the film. The film's fast-paced montages and jump-cuts were unique features in American cinema at the time. The film was censored in some markets, and received mixed critical reviews. The musical score of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song was performed by Earth, Wind & Fire. Because Van Peebles did not have any money for traditional advertising methods, he released the soundtrack album in anticipation of the film's release in order to build awareness. Initially, the film was only screened in two theaters in the United States. It went on to gross $4,100,000 at the box office. Huey P. Newton celebrated and welcomed the film's revolutionary implications, and the film became required viewing for members of the Black Panther Party. The film is an important work in the history of African American cinema. It paved the way for the success of future independent black films. According to Variety, it demonstrated to Hollywood that films which portrayed "militant" blacks could be highly profitable, leading to the creation of the blaxploitation genre, although the film itself is not commonly considered to be an exploitation film.
- Sweet Sweetbacks Lied ist ein US-amerikanischer Thriller aus dem Jahr 1971. Regie führte Melvin Van Peebles, der auch das Drehbuch schrieb, die Hauptrolle übernahm, den Film mitproduzierte, die Musik mitschrieb und als Cutter tätig war.
- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song est un film indépendant américain, écrit, réalisé et produit par Melvin Van Peebles, qui a également composé la bande originale.
- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song è un film indipendente del 1971, scritto, diretto, montato, interpretato e prodotto dal regista afroamericano Melvin Van Peebles. È considerato il film che diede inizio al genere della blaxploitation. È stato definito un «film-guerriglia», uno dei primi che vede protagonista un uomo afroamericano ribelle, che alla fine del film riesce a salvarsi. Il protagonista (interpretato dallo stesso regista) inseguito da poliziotti e cani rimanda allo schiavismo e al razzismo contro i neri, ma stavolta non è un perdente. «Volevo fare un film vittorioso, in cui i neri potessero uscire a testa alta», dichiarò Van Peebles. Nei titoli di testa, al posto del nome degli attori vi è una scritta che segnala l'intero cast come «The Black Community» (La comunità nera). Il film fu considerato dalle Pantere Nere come il primo vero film rivoluzionario realizzato da un afroamericano, e ne consigliarono la visione a tutta la comunità.
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- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American independent film, written, produced, scored, directed by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles, father of actor Mario Van Peebles (who was also in the movie). It tells the picaresque story of a deprived African American man on his flight from the white authority. Van Peebles began to develop the film after being offered a three-picture contract for Columbia Pictures.
- Sweet Sweetbacks Lied ist ein US-amerikanischer Thriller aus dem Jahr 1971. Regie führte Melvin Van Peebles, der auch das Drehbuch schrieb, die Hauptrolle übernahm, den Film mitproduzierte, die Musik mitschrieb und als Cutter tätig war.
- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song est un film indépendant américain, écrit, réalisé et produit par Melvin Van Peebles, qui a également composé la bande originale.
- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song è un film indipendente del 1971, scritto, diretto, montato, interpretato e prodotto dal regista afroamericano Melvin Van Peebles. È considerato il film che diede inizio al genere della blaxploitation. È stato definito un «film-guerriglia», uno dei primi che vede protagonista un uomo afroamericano ribelle, che alla fine del film riesce a salvarsi.
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