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Cast: Mario Van Peebles
Category: English Movies
Release: 23 April 1971
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
IMDB: IMDB
Added: December 20, 2009
Description:
Melvin Van Peebles wrote, directed, produced, edited, composed and starred in this powerful and inflammatory attack on White America. After the body of a black man is discovered, Sweetback helps two white 'acquaintances' in the police force to look good by agreeing to go with them to the station as a suspect. But he is forced to go on the run after brutally attacking the two policemen when they arrest and beat up a young black man.