Photograph of a theater marquee promoting Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1971
name: label: Subject of
content: Loews Cineplex Entertainment, American, 1904 - 2006
label: Photograph by
content: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph captured by Melvin Van Peebles of a movie theater marquee promoting its showing of Van Peebles' film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. The image depicts the front of the Loew's Baldwin Theater in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Captured from across the street, the image depicts the theater's unique facade of a low, single-story building supported by two large, blue arches that rise above the roof of the structure to hold the large sign that reads "Loew's" horizontally and "BALDWIN" vertically. The marquee appears in the center of the arches and reads [PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT / "SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAAADASSSSS SONG" / A FILM OF MELVIN VAN PEEBLES - RATED X BY AN ALL-WHITE JURY]. The blue ticket booth is located under the marquee and slightly to the left, with the theater entrance further to the left behind the ticket booth. Several individuals can be seen on the sidewalk in front of the theater, with palm trees behind it. On the verso is a handwritten inscription reading [Baldwin].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Blaxploitation films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Independent films
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.82.9.2
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (8.9 x 8.9 cm)