Baadasssss!
The making of the film that launched "blaxploitation"
The 1971 film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song by Melvin Van Peebles launched the "blaxploitation" movement in American cinema. Baadassssss! -- directed by Melvin's son Mario Van Peebles, who plays his father -- retells the making of that film. Further blurring the line between homage and referent are Khleo Thomas (Holes) playing young Mario and interviews with the actual 1971 figures over the end credits. There's also a hallucinatory spirit of Sweetback, the character in the 1971 film (played by Mario in costume), who gives encouragement to Melvin. Seeing Mario Van Peebles playing his father yelling at an actor playing his younger self is a little mind-warping, but Baadasssss is engaging and fun. Source: Marty Mapes, Movie Habit
Baadasssss!
Mon September 13, 2004, 7:00 & 9:15, Muenzinger Auditorium
U.S., 2004, in English, Color, 108 min, Rated R • official site
Tickets
10 films for $60 with punch card
$9 general admission.
$7 w/UCB student ID,
$7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.
Parking
Pay lot 360 (now only $1/hour!), across from the buffalo statue and next to the
Duane Physics tower, is closest to Muenzinger. Free parking can be found after 5pm at the meters
along Colorado Ave east of Folsom stadium and along University Ave west of Macky.
RTD Bus
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