Baadasssss! / a Sony Pictures Classics release, Showtime Independent Films presents a MVP Filmz production, a Mario Van Peebles film ; produced and directed by Mario Van Peebles ; screenplay by Mario Van Peebles & Dennis Haggerty.
Title from title frames. Joy Bryant, T.K. Carter, Terry Crews, Ossie Davis, David Alan Grier, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Schiavelli, Khleo Thomas, Mario Van Peebles, Karimah Westbrook, Rainn Wilson. Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Wide screen (1.85:1)
Contents:
Special features: Commentary by father and son -- The story behind "Baadasssss!: The birth of black cinema, a 2004 featurette on the making of Baadasssss! -- Melvin Van Peebles: The real deal, a 2002 interview with the director on the making of Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song.
Summary:
A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peeble's struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy. With everything on the line, his only choice is to stick to his guns and do whatever it takes to get his neo-blaxploitation epic to the audience for which it was envisioned.
Series:
Criterion collection
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1269269771
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.