Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf film
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Motion_Picture
Inducted_into_the_National_Film_Registry
gptkbp:boxOffice $15 million
gptkbp:budget $150,000
gptkbp:cinematographyBy gptkb:Larry_Clark
gptkbp:culturalImpact Significant_in_African_American_cinema
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Pioneering independent film
gptkbp:directedBy gptkb:Melvin_Van_Peebles
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:Cinemation_Industries
gptkbp:editedBy gptkb:Melvin_Van_Peebles
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:California
gptkb:Los_Angeles
gptkbp:genre blaxploitation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
gptkbp:influenced Hip hop culture
Filmmakers_like_John_Singleton
Filmmakers_like_Quentin_Tarantino
Filmmakers_like_Spike_Lee
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:French_New_Wave
gptkbp:inspiration Subsequent blaxploitation films
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Earth,_Wind_&_Fire
gptkbp:narrativeStyle Non-linear narrative
gptkbp:notableFeature The final confrontation with the police
Sweetback's escape from the police
The opening credits sequence
The sexual encounters depicted in the film
The_performance_at_the_Black_Panther_rally
gptkbp:notableFor First feature film to receive an NC-17 rating
gptkbp:premieredOn gptkb:Chicago_International_Film_Festival
gptkbp:producedBy gptkb:Melvin_Van_Peebles
gptkbp:released 1971
gptkbp:releaseFormat Blu-ray
DVD
Home video
Theatrical release
gptkbp:remake Baadasssss
gptkbp:runtime 97 minutes
gptkbp:screenplayBy gptkb:Melvin_Van_Peebles
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Joyce_Van_Peebles
gptkb:Cleo_M._M._M._Van_Peebles
gptkb:Melvin_Van_Peebles
Simon_Chuckster
gptkbp:theme Rebellion against authority
Racial injustice
Sexual liberation