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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song(1971)

5.2(119)

1h 38m

1971-03-31

After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.

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police brutalitymexicohomophobiabrothel1970santi heropimpblack panther partyon the runblaxploitation cinemaracismlos angeles, californiarevolutionaryblack stereotyperacist copwhorehouse1940ssex showtijuana, mexicoblack cinemacorrupt cop

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