Photograph of a theater marquee promoting Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1971
name: 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 State Theater in Long Beach, California. The theater marquee appears above the ground floor entrance of a multi-story building with a white facade. A circle drive leads up to the entrance, with multiple cars parked along the side. Two individuals can be seen walking towards the ticket booth at the center of entrance. Above is a three-sided marquee with [STATE] at the top. The text on the center panel reads [SWEET SWEETBACK] in large black letters with [WAKE UP AND DIE] in smaller red letters below. On the verso is a handwritten inscription in black ink reading [Long Beach].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Long Beach, 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: 2012.82.9.1
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)