NC-17 · 98 min
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Directed by Melvin Van Peebles
Starring Simon Chuckster, Melvin Van Peebles
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...
Release
Mar 31, 1971
Budget
$150K
Breakeven
$375K(2.5x)
Gross
$15,200,000
Profit
$14,825,000
The Film that THE MAN doesn't want you to see!
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.
Release
Mar 31, 1971
Budget
$150K
Breakeven
$375K(2.5x)
Gross
$15,200,000
Profit
$14,825,000
NC-17 · 98 min