Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (2010 introduced by Mario Van Peebles)

Melvin Van Peebles: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (US 1971).

US 1971. D: Melvin Van Peebles. Print: The Museum of Modern Art, the restored version, with funding provided by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and The Film Foundation. Cinema Orion (Black History Month), Helsinki, 2 Feb 2010.

It was a special pleasure to screen this landmark film with an introduction by Mario Van Peebles. This time I just listened to Mario's introduction.

See also: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (2009 viewing).

Pirkka Kivenheimo: African American Cinema (a lecture, 17 April 2009).