DVD
3 of 3 Copies Available
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Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song
Call Number
- DVD ACTION (CEN, EAS, POW)
Edition
30th anniversary special edition ; Original uncut version.
Performers
Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, Niva Rochelle, Rhetta Hughes, Johnny Amos, Mario Peebles.
Publication Information
Santa Monica, CA : Xenon Pictures, Inc., [2002]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (97 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated; "Rated X by an all white jury"--Container.
Summary
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, takes brutal revenge on the cops, forcing him into a desperate life on the run.
Notes
Title from container.
"Digitally remastered audio"--Container.
"Starring the Black community"--Container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Special features: All new "making of" by Melvin Van Peebles: "The real deal (what it was [strikethrough] ... is!)" ; filmography ; original theatrical trailer ; coming attractions.