Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Melvin Van Peebles wrote, directed, produced, edited, composed and starred in this powerful and inflammatory attack on White America. After the body of a black man is discovered, Sweetback helps two white 'acquaintances' in the police force to look good by agreeing to go with them to the station as a suspect. But he is forced to go on the run after brutally attacking the two policemen when they arrest and beat up a young black man.

Starring:

Joe Tornatore, John Allen, John Amos, John Dullaghan, Jon Jacobs, Lavelle Roby, Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles, Mike Angel, Nick Ferrari, Norman Fields, Peter Russell, Ron Prince, Sonja Dunson, Ted Hayden, Vincent Barbi, William Kirschner

Genre:

Drama, Thriller, Crime