| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Hubert Scales, Melvin Van Peebles |
| Event |
Originally produced by Xenon Pictures in 1971. |
| Summary |
Melvin Van Peebles' groundbreaking classic. A young hustler's aimless pleasure seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a black revolutionary by two white cops. Driven to a state of blind rage, Sweetback takes brutal revenge on the cops, forcing him into a desperate life on the run. Despite a humble opening at only two theaters followed by a torrent of negative reviews, SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG mushroomed to $10,000,000 at the box office, landing it on *Daily Variety's* list of top-grossing independent films. It is credited as the film that kicked off the so-called "Blaxploitation" film movement. *"[SWEETBACK] accumulates a kind of hallucinatory groove, with unexpected shafts of bizarre humor and vigorous, experimental new wave direction." - Geoff Andrew, **Time Out*** *"A series of stark, earthy vignettes, Van Peebles evokes the vitality, humor, pain, despair and omnipresent fear that is life for so many African-Americans." - Kevin Thomas, **The Los Angeles Times*** |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Crime.
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Cult films.
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Independent films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Thrillers (Television programs)
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Motion pictures.
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Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021 film director.
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Scales, Hubert, actor.
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Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932- actor.
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Xenon Pictures. Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm) Distributor.
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| Music No. |
3411230 Kanopy |
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