Baadasssss!
2003, 109 minutes, Rated MA
The year was 1971 and the hot ticket at the box office was The French Connection. Little did audiences and the film industry know that in the same year the birth of a new era was about to explode - independant black cinema.
After his comedy Watermelon Man, Melvin Van Peebles was determined to push the Hollywood boundaries with the groundbreaking, and even more controversial Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. He was turned down by every major studio including Columbia, where he had a three-picture deal. "Sweetback" was a defining moment in African American cinema. Melvin had put the hood in Hollywood!
More than 30 years after his father's revolutionary film debuted, Mario Van Peebles directs and stars in Baadasssss!, the real-life account of his father's experiment in film-making.
Mario, aling with am amazing cast, work brilliantly to portray the heart behind the making of Melvin's daring and truly original film.
- Director:
- Mario Van Peebles [3],
- Starring:
- Ossie Davis [19], Saul Rubinek [15], Rainn Wilson [14], Mario Van Peebles [20], Nia Long [17], David Alan Grier [5], Terry Crews [14], Paul Rodriguez [10], Joy Bryant [7], T. K. Carter [1], Vincent Schiavelli [4], Khleo Thomas [2],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Language and Sound:
- English 5.1 Dolby Digital
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