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Overall Rank: 6488
Average Rating: 2.7/4
# of Ratings: 16
Theatrical Release Date: 04/23/1971
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Action
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Actors: Melvin Van Peebles, Mario Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, Rhetta Hughes
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3/4
Bribaba - wrote on 05/03/2011
Sweet Sweetback’s Baaadassss Song – (“starring The Black Community”). Sweetback’s on the lam from some honky cops for murder and crimes against fashion (a crushed velvet suit in the colour gold, your honour). Plenty of 70s-style t&a and an excellent soundtrack from Earth Wind and Fire help things along. The lack of a coherent narrative and a visual aesthetic that makes Clerks look like a Terence Malick film are hindrances, but its landmark status was assured long ago.
Rating of
4/4
K095 - wrote on 06/02/2008
A very disruptive movie first presented in the early 70s among other horror films in specialized theatres. SSBAS is kown as the first movie with a black heroe.
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