After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Chuck Foster (26) for Film Threat (5,156) on 30 Jul 2018
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song was released in 1971 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 128 reviews, giving Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) an average rating of 56%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 68%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 56%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song than critics were.
With a score of 56%, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1971, which stands at 59%.
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