Sweet sweetback's baad asssss song

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A young hustler's aimless pleasure-seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a black revolutionary by two white cops.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Earth, Wind & Fire (Musical group) (Performer)
Other Authors:	Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021 (Screenwriter, Actor, composer (expression)), Chuckster, Simon (Actor), Scales, Hubert (Actor), Rochelle, Niva (Actor), Hughes, Rheta (Actor), Brer Soul (Actor), Maxwell, Bob, 1923-1978 (director of photography.), García, José, 1938-2004 (director of photography.)
Format:	Electronic Video
Language:	English
Published:	[New York City, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2021] [United States] : Yeah, Inc., 1971
Subjects:	African Americans > Drama. Police brutality > United States > Drama. Racism > United States > Drama. Blaxploitation films. Police films. Independent films. Fiction films. Feature films. Internet videos. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:	Streaming video (Emerson users only)

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Summary:	A young hustler's aimless pleasure-seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a black revolutionary by two white cops.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 streaming video file (97 min.))
Production Credits:	Writer, composer, producer, director and editor, Melvin van Peebles ; Director of photography, Bob Maxwell ; cinematographers, Bob Maxwell, Jose Garcia ; sound, Clark Will ; music performed by Earth, Wind and Fire.