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Gerald R. Butters Jr., Amy Abugo Ongiri, and Novotny Lawrence on SWEET SWEETBACK
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song • 25m
In this 2021 conversation, film scholars Gerald R. Butters Jr., Amy Abugo Ongiri, and Novotny Lawrence discuss the film SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG and its impact on Black film.
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Melvin Van Peebles on SWEET SWEETBACK...
Melvin Van Peebles recounts his memories of making his film SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG as he strolls through Paris, in this interview from 2002.
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Melvin Van Peebles on SWEET SWEETBACK...
This excerpted interview with director Melvin Van Peebles, conducted by his son filmmaker Mario Van Peebles, was recorded in 2004 for the Directors Guild of America’s Visual History Program.
