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By Brad H (510) on 05 Apr 2011

I'm not entirely sure why this movie worked for me but it did. Now I know where the first spark of Balxploitation cinema came from…

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By Stacy G (161) on 26 Feb 2011

Not what I would call a good film. The opening is the most outrageous opening to a film ever…

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By Momin K (53) on 29 Jan 2011

I can definitely see the influence on films that followed it…

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By Cody W (333) on 11 Dec 2010

A truly original piece of cinema. Probably more important than good…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Kris W (359) on 09 Nov 2010

The Film that THE MAN doesn't want you to see…

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By Ken R (202) on 10 Sep 2010

I know this is supposed to be the one that started it all for blaxploitation flicks... but it barely even makes sense…

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By Chris W (2,796) on 27 Aug 2010

Let's see: is this a good movie? Well, it's definitely an important film…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Zach M (1,354) on 23 Aug 2010

Though this movie isn't the most amazing film ever made it still holds lots of relevance to this day…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Tobias X (8) on 03 Aug 2010

A truly independent vision and the cornerstone of blaxploitation cinema…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Danny G (484) on 27 Jun 2010

Aside from the dumbass name, this movie was very good…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Sean C (2,276) on 19 May 2010

This is a terrible film, but also original in its awfulness…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Bill M (1,080) on 14 May 2010

I'm surprised Melvin didn't get arrested for child pornography. Mario was only 14 after all…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Andy C (1,868) on 14 Apr 2010

More like Sweet Sweetback's Blaackasssss Dong, amirite? Sort of…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Mark D (2,239) on 29 Mar 2010

From the first few minutes of the film you realise this is all about breaking conventions and sticking it to the white man…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Edith N (976) on 23 Mar 2010

Maybe the Origins of Blaxploitation, but Not Its Shining Light Spike Lee hails this film as the movie which told black people they could make…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Ladaryl S (3) on 02 Mar 2010

I give it three stars mainly because of the significance and impact it made nearly 40 years ago…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Mathieu B (154) on 01 Mar 2010

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song est un film-phare de la culture afro-amÃ©ricaine et a lancÃ© le mouvement Blaxpoitation…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Suvi L (231) on 26 Jan 2010

Watched this in film class so that made me aware of the background of the film and how ground breaking it was at its time…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Walter C (337) on 19 Nov 2009

While Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles) is being taken to the police station for questioning, the cops pick up another black man and start beating…

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Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

By Cassandra M (558) on 15 Oct 2009

This is a landmark film for many reasons, and although it is rough around the edges, I urge everyone to at least watch it once, and then watch…

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