Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is the story of a young hustler (Van Peebles) whose 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. Despite a minor opening at only two theaters followed by a torrent of negative reviews 'Sweetback' mushroomed to $10 000 000 at the box office
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Hustler Sweet Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles) sees two cops beating up a black revolutionary. He takes revenge by killing the cops, but is then forced to go on the run. Sweetback uses all his streetwise skills to stay one step ahead of his police pursuers as he makes his way to the safe haven of Mexico. Van Peebles not only stars in but writes and directs this milestone in independent film-making.
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