The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes72%
Metacritic71/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
123 audience votes
Key crew
- Melvin Van PeeblesDirector
- Melvin Van PeeblesScreenplay
- Melvin Van PeeblesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Melvin Van PeeblesSweetback
- Simon ChucksterBeetle
- Mario Van PeeblesYoung Sweetback
- John DullaghanCommissioner
- John AmosBiker
- Lavelle RobyCast
- Rhetta HughesOld Girlfriend
- Norman FieldsCast
- Joe TornatoreCast
- Mikel AngelCast
- William KirschnerCast
- Vincent BarbiCast
Stills
Themes
police brutalitymexicohomophobiabrothel1970santi heropimpblack panther partyfugitiveon the runblaxploitation cinemaracism