1 option
Baadasssss! / a MVP Filmz production ; a Mario van Peebles film ; produced and directed by Mario van Peebles.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932---Film adaptations.
- Van Peebles, Melvin.
- African American motion picture producers and directors--Drama.
- African American motion picture producers and directors.
- Motion picture industry--Drama.
- Motion picture industry.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (109 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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 society-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 and with 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 Baadasssss 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.
- Participant:
- Joy Bryant, T.K. Carter, Terry Crews, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Schiavelli, Khleo Thomas, Mario Van Peebles, Karimah Westbrook, Rainn Wilson.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 05, 2017).
- Based on the book "Sweet sweetback's baadasssss song" by Melvin Van Peebles.
- OCLC:
- 971304250
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.