Sweet sweetback's baad asssss song
(DVD)

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Contributors
Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021 film director,
Chuckster, Simon, actor.
Scales, Hubert, actor.
Rochelle, Niva, actor.
Hughes, Rheta, actor.
Published
Santa Monica, CA : Xenon Pictures, 2002.
ISBN
1578297508, 9781578297504
Status
On Shelf
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Subjects

LC Subjects
African Americans -- Drama.
Drama.
Feature films.
Police brutality -- United States -- Drama.
Police films.
Racism -- United States -- Drama.
Video recordings.

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Published
Santa Monica, CA : Xenon Pictures, 2002.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
1578297508, 9781578297504
UPC
000799106426

Notes

General Note
Videodisc release of the 1971 motion picture.
General Note
"Original uncut version"--Container.
General Note
Full screen.
General Note
Special features include : "making of" film by Melvin Van Peebles : "The Real deal: what it was [strikethrough] ... is" (2002) ; filmography.
Creation/Production Credits
Writer, composer, producer, director and editor, Melvin van Peebles ; Director of photography, Bob Maxwell ; cinematographers, Bob Maxwell, Jose Garcia ; sound, Clark Will ; music performed by Earth, Wind and Fire.
Participants/Performers
Melvin van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, Niva Rochelle, Rhetta Hughes, John Dullaghan, West Gale, Nick Ferrari, Ed Rue, Johnny Amos, Lavelle Roby, Ted Hayden, Mario van Peebles.
Participants/Performers
"Starring the Black Community and Brer Soul."
Description
A young hustler's aimless pleasure-seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a Black revolutionary by two white cops. Sweetback, driven to a state of blind rage, take brutal revenge on the caps, forcing him into a desperate life on the run. Despite a humble opening at only two theaters followed by a torrent of negative reviews, Sweetback mushroomed to $10,000,000 at the box office, landing it on Daily Variety's list of top-grossing independent films. It has also been widely credited as the film that kicked off the so-called "Blaxploitation" film movement.
Description
"After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels."--IMDB.
Target Audience
Not rated; "Rated X by an all white jury"--Container.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language
English audio.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Van Peebles, M., Chuckster, S., Scales, H., Rochelle, N., Hughes, R., Brer Soul., Dullaghan, J., Gale, W. A., Ferrari, N., Rue, E., Amos, J., Roby, L., Hayden, T., Van Peebles, M., Maxwell, B., & García, J. (2002). Sweet sweetback's baad asssss song (Thirtieth anniversary special edition.). Xenon Pictures.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Melvin Van Peebles et al.. 2002. Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song. Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Pictures.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Melvin Van Peebles et al.. Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Pictures, 2002.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Van Peebles, M., Chuckster, S., Scales, H., Rochelle, N., Hughes, R., Brer Soul. and Dullaghan, J. et al (2002). Sweet sweetback's baad asssss song. Thirtieth anniversary special edn. Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Pictures.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Van Peebles, Melvin, et al. Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song Thirtieth anniversary special edition., Xenon Pictures, 2002.

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