008 -- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

We discuss Melvin van Peebles 1971 groundbreaking film about revolution and sticking it to The Man.

Source List:

Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassssss Song. Melvin Van Peebles. Yeah, Inc. 1971.

Van Peebles, Melvin. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song: A Guerrilla Filmmaking Manifesto. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1971.

Newton, Huey. To Die For the People. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2009.

Bennett Jr., Lerone. “The Emancipation Orgasm: Sweetback in Wonderland.” Ebony, September 1971.

Riley, Clayton. “What Makes Sweetback Run?” New York Times, May 9, 1971.