---
title: 'Sweet Sweetback''s Baadasssss Song (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Melvin Van Peebles'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sweet-sweetbacks-baadasssss-song-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067810/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

1971 · 93 min · Drama, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American independent blaxploitation action thriller film written, co-produced, scored, edited, directed by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles. His son Mario Van Peebles also appears in a small role, playing the title character as a young boy. The film tells the picaresque story of a poor black man fleeing from the white police authorities.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Melvin Van Peebles](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvin-van-peebles)
- **Screenplay:** [Melvin Van Peebles](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvin-van-peebles)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Melvin Van Peebles](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvin-van-peebles)
- **Producer:** [Melvin Van Peebles](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvin-van-peebles)
- **Editor:** [Melvin Van Peebles](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvin-van-peebles)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tiny Maxwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/tiny-maxwell)

## Cast

- [John Amos](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-amos)
- [Mario Van Peebles](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-van-peebles)
- [Melvin Van Peebles](https://cinepixo.com/people/melvin-van-peebles)

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