Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tips Gallery: The best biopics ever made (Espresso)Sweetback was neither.
Over the course of the movie he breaks all the taboos: he is sexually potent, he defers to no one, he kills racist cops, he supports black revolutionaries, he even sleeps with a white woman.
And he survives! No wonder the Black Panthers got behind the movie. It became one of the highest-grossing films of 1971 in the US, despite also being one of the worst-made.
Van Peebles at least had excuses for that: he did practically everything himself. He cobbled together the finances (apart from a $50,000 loan from Bill Cosby); he wrote, directed, starred, edited, performed the stunts, and composed the score.
Read more on msn.com
Celebsbar.com is a large online platform sharing celebrity gossip and latest showbiz news. Exclusive interviews, fresh photos and videos, breaking news, scandals and more is waiting for you here.
Stay tuned to know everything you wish about your favorite stars 24/7.
Check our daily updates and make sure you don't miss anything about celebrities' lives.
Owner: SNOWLAND s.r.o.
Registration certificate 06691200
Address:
Snowland s.r.o.
16200, Na okraji 381/41, Veleslavín, 162 00 Praha 6
Czech Republic
©2024. All rights reserved.