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#SWEETSWEETBACK #16MM 📽️🎬#SWEETSWEETBACKSOUNDTRACK
#ChiTown #France #Hollywood
One of my #Major #Mentors in my #Lifetime
Check the movie there’s much to be learned about Mr.Melvin as a creative & groundbreaking director,actor,producer & more importantly as a person in general re life & being a black man in America in the 70’s.
Peace y’all ✌🏿🕶🌎

Naissance d'un héros noir au cinéma
#SweetSweetback
★★★☆
Retour sur la genèse d'un film culte qui signera les débuts de la #Blaxploitation.
✍️ https://t.co/xb5pOh4xHq
#MelvinVanPeebles #MarioVanPeebles #MaxVanPeebles #MargueriteVanPeebles @MarioVanPeebles @MmVanPeebles

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
★★☆☆
Un film guérilla et une œuvre avant-gardiste, qui signe les prémices de la Blaxploitation.
✍️ https://t.co/c3TukJyN3K
#SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong #MelvinVanPeebles #VanPeebles #Blaxploitation #SweetSweetback

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
The ultimate tale of guerrilla filmmaking… ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’.
#filmpodcast #filmhistory #melvinvanpeebles #sweetsweetback #blackhistory #blackcinema

@MrGeorgeWallace Somewhere in the clouds, Melvin Van Peebles and James Brown are talking trash
#SweetSweetback
#ThePayback
Découvrez le documentaire “Naissance d’un héros noir au cinéma : Sweet Sweetback“ ARTE , 2022).
#Sweetsweetback #Documentaire #arte #Melvinvanpeebles
https://t.co/awWH6Clgcb

Craig Lindsey on #MelvinVanPeebles in advance of the #SweetSweetback screening at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston this weekend.
https://t.co/RiblEV48SR
@PreviewNow @HoustonCritics @HoustonChron

I cannot type into twitter Mr. Melvin Van Peebles' reply to my question one year at Sundance, but i will never forget it - or him #RIP #sweetsweetback
RIP Melvin Van Peebles - "The Godfather of Black Cinema"😢#marvinvanpeebles #restinpower #sweetsweetback
Melvin Van Peebles, the influential filmmaker behind “Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song,” and father of director and actor Mario Van Peebles, has died at 89. https://t.co/4WkuqmaRM0

Sad to hear the groundbreaking filmmaking legend Melvin Van Peebles has passed away. A true game changer.
#SweetSweetBack #melvinVanPeebles
https://t.co/cEuLlgK4ie

Happy 89th Birthday "Uncle Mel"! #MelvinVanPeebles #polymathblueprint #sweetsweetback #actor #filmmaker #playwright #novelist #composer #SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong #urbanalchemy360 @ New York City, N.Y. https://t.co/OSHljXnuK9
Watermelon Man-Rare Original Vintage Poster of Melvin Van Peebles Satire on Race in America with Godfrey Cambridge and Estelle Parsons https://t.co/hMcDwQyc8E #watermelonman #melvinvanpeebles #godfreycambridge 3estelleparsons #originalmovieposter #1970s #Sweetsweetback

@classic_film [RT above]
THE MOST INFLUENFIAL MOVIE OF THE 1970s was #SweetSweetback 1971. WHY?The #blaxploitation film genre was launched with #MelvinVanPeebles' groundbreaking film. It was the 1st commercially successful black themed film. It was the top-grossing independent movie of 1972.
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THE MOST INFLUENFIAL MOVIE OF THE 1970s was #SweetSweetback 1971. WHY?The #blaxploitation film genre was launched with #MelvinVanPeebles' groundbreaking film. It was the 1st commercially successful black themed film. It was the top-grossing independent movie of 1972. https://t.co/pqoAV1u3VG](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ec_t-AxXkAMC4Ga.jpg)
"Rated X by all all-white jury." You've only got a couple more opportunities to see a new restoration of SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG @theCinematheque:
Sun, Feb 17 6:30pm
Mon, Feb 18 8:40pm
Buy tickets now — https://t.co/V4gkuGd6Wi
#melvinvanpeebles #sweetsweetback
Melvin Van Peebles' 1971 feature SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG is a landmark of African-American independent filmmaking, and helped to launch the #blaxploitation movement in cinema. It screens @theCinematheque Feb 15–18 https://t.co/dHgEKFtVCq #newrestoration #sweetsweetback

Starting Friday, the 70's blaxploitation classic, restored gloriously for the big screen, SWEET SWEETBACK'S BADAAAASSS SONG!!!! #Atlanta #SweetSweetBack

They Blew It: Cultural Appropriation in "Sweet Sweetback" and "Easy Rider" #EasyRider #SweetSweetback https://t.co/sDSEVtyMgc
#BlackFilmMoment #BlackHistoryMonth #MelvinVanPeebles #SweetSweetback #ArrayNow #ArrayToday… https://t.co/zo5XbeZUQq
...Not to mention a little film work on the side called '#SweetSweetback's Baadasssss Song' https://t.co/GPoxZsNFoY https://t.co/aeaAwkf1bR
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THE MOST INFLUENFIAL MOVIE OF THE 1970s was #SweetSweetback 1971. WHY?The #blaxploitation film genre was launched with #MelvinVanPeebles' groundbreaking film. It was the 1st commercially successful black themed film. It was the top-grossing independent movie of 1972. https://t.co/pqoAV1u3VG](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ec_t-AFWkAAVmr5.jpg)
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THE MOST INFLUENFIAL MOVIE OF THE 1970s was #SweetSweetback 1971. WHY?The #blaxploitation film genre was launched with #MelvinVanPeebles' groundbreaking film. It was the 1st commercially successful black themed film. It was the top-grossing independent movie of 1972. https://t.co/pqoAV1u3VG](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ec_t9_-XoAAg7YM.jpg)
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THE MOST INFLUENFIAL MOVIE OF THE 1970s was #SweetSweetback 1971. WHY?The #blaxploitation film genre was launched with #MelvinVanPeebles' groundbreaking film. It was the 1st commercially successful black themed film. It was the top-grossing independent movie of 1972. https://t.co/pqoAV1u3VG](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ec_t9_6WkAMKWg4.jpg)





