Blu-ray
Baadasssss!
Call Number
- BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Joy Bryant, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Saul Rubinek, Khleo Thomas, Mario Van Peebles, Rainn Wilson.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2021]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (109 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language and some strong sexuality/nudity.
Uniform Title
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 produced as a motion picture in 2003.
Disc originally released as part of the 5-disc set Melvin Van Peebles essential films.
Special features: The story behind "Baadasssss!": the birth of Black cinema, a 2004 featurette on the making of Baadasssss! ; Melvin Van Peebles: the real deal, a 2002 interview with the director on the making of Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song.