Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Was Revolutionary on Every Level

Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, which turns 50 this month, is the opposite of the definition imposed on it. The 1971 film inspired the Blaxploitation genre, but Melvin Van Peebles exploited no one but himself. He got the money together, wrote the script and the music, selected the shots, aimed the camera, and starred in the […] The post Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song Was Revolutionary on Every Level appeared first on Den of Geek.