Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) by Michael Kerbel for Village Voice — 18 Jan 2013
The first black director to break into commercial cinema, Van Peebles obviously feels deeply about black oppression. But he has chosen, paradoxically, to make the kinds of unrealistic films for which blacks have justly criticized white film-makers.
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This review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) was written by Michael Kerbel and published by Village Voice on 18 Jan 2013.
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song has generally received mixed reviews.
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