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DVD

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Baadasssss!

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (EAS)

Performers

Joy Bryant, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Saul Rubinek, Khleo Thomas, Mario Van Peebles, Rainn Wilson.

Publication Information

[Golden Valley, Minnesota] : Mill Creek Entertainment, [2014]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 108 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language and some strong sexuality/nudity.

Summary

Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin Van Peebles deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy. Obsessed and with everything on the line, including his failing eyesight and family, his only choice is to stick to his guns and do whatever it takes to get his neo-blaxploitation epic Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song to the audience for which it was envisioned.

Notes

Based on the book "Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song" by Melvin Van Peeples.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.

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