# Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

> A sexually audacious Black antihero becomes a fugitive after resisting racist police violence, launching a furious flight through the underground America of the early 1970s.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/3236

## Facts

- Runtime: 98 min
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director: Melvin Van Peebles
- Cast: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Mario Van Peebles, John Dullaghan, John Amos, Lavelle Roby, Rhetta Hughes, Norman Fields
- TMDB rating: 5.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067810/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: confrontational, visceral, politically charged, cult cinema night, political film discussion

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- [Mandingo (1975)](https://ember.film/movie/23891)
- [Baadasssss! (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/17198)
- [Shaft in Africa (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/390)

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