Rating: R
Genre: Action
Release Date: 01/14/2003
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Xenon

Produced, directed, written, scored by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles, this landmark "blaxploitation" film was as controversial as it was popular for its then X-rated story of one African-American man's triumph over the Man. After beating a couple of white cops he witnessed brutalizing a local black revolutionary, sex show performer Sweetback (Van Peebles) has to go on the run. As he flees through decrepit South Central Los Angeles, Sweetback demonstrates his formidable potency through sex as well as violence, evading the police manhunt by any means necessary. As Sweetback runs off into the sunset, however, Van Peebles warns that the story, like the 1960s racial strife, isn't over.

~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Melvin Van Peebles - Sweetback
Simon Chuckster - Beetle
Hubert Scales - Mu-Mu
John Dullaghan - Commissioner
West Gale -
Niva Rochelle -

Production:
Melvin Van Peebles - Director
Melvin Van Peebles - Producer
Melvin Van Peebles - Composer
Melvin Van Peebles - Editor
Melvin Van Peebles - Screen Writer
Clyde Houston - First Assistant Director
Clyde Houston - Production Manager
Robert Maxwell - Cinematographer

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