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Baadasssss!

DVD - APPROX. 108 MINS. - 2003 - US Rating: R

Main feature:

Release Sep 14, 2004
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs.
Audio English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles French, Portuguese
Studio Columbia/Tri-Star
Year 2003
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, History

Special features:

  • Featurette: The Birth of Black Cinema
  • American Cinematheque Q&A With Melvin Van Peebles
  • Featurette: The Premiere
  • Commentary With Mario and Melvin Van Peebles
  • Poster Explorations
  • Previews

Synopsis:



A Father A Son A Revolution

Critics and audiences alike have gotten behind Mario Van Peebles' candid portrait of his father Melvin's struggle as a young, black director during the socially-shifting early '70s.

Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin (played by son Mario) deals with two-faced backers, a rag tag crew, threatening creditors and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy. Obsessed with and everything on the line, including his failing eyesight and family, his only choice is to stick to his guns and do whatever it takes to get his neo-blaxploitation epic Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song to the audience for which it was envisioned

The real-life father and son dynamic brings an intimacy to this inspiring and often hilarious tribute to the father of black cinema. the result is a seamless layering of entertaining drama and poignant documentary that mirrors itself from every angle and never loses its edge.

Cast and Crew:

Columbia/Tri-Star presents
Mario Van PeeblesJoy BryantOssie DavisDavid Alan GrierNia LongPaul RodriguezSaul RubinekRainn WilsonMaya StangeDavid Thornton"Baadasssss!"
Written byMario Van Peeblesproduced byMario Van Peebles
directed byMario Van Peebles
Production Year: 2003

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