Melvin Van Peebles’s Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song was the original “black power” movie, a gritty and exciting tale of a black man on the run from racist cops. But although it was a huge financial ...

Melvin Van Peebles, whose low-budget 1971 phenomenon, “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” — an X-rated film about a Black ...

Melvin Van Peebles discusses his career with his son ... blaxpoitation genre with his independently financed and produced Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Despite the attention his films received, ...

"Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include “Watermelon Man” and “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.” ...

Melvin Van Peebles discusses his career with his son ... blaxpoitation genre with his independently financed and produced Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Despite the attention his films received, ...