Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Genres: Crime, Drama
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles, John Amos
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American blaxploitation film written, co-produced, scored, edited, directed by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles. His son Mario Van Peebles also appears in a small role, playing the title character as a young boy. The film tells the picaresque story of a poor black man fleeing from the white police authorities.