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 close-up 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 a close-up view of the proper left panel of the marquee of the Loew's State Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The marquee appears along the lefthand side of the image, with only a portion of the marquee panel visible. Only "Angeles" of the "Los Angeles" across the top of the marquee appears in the image and the visible text on the marquee panel reads [SWEETBACK's / (B)ADASSS SONG / WAKE UP AND DIE]. Additional banners and posters promoting the film are visible on the theater's street level facade beneath the marquee. Along the righthand side of the image are portions of the sign, awning, and shop window of the neighboring Eastman Liquors. On the verso is a handwritten inscription in black ink reading [L. A. Downtown].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Downtown Los Angeles, 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: 2012.82.9.5
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)