Is the movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?

At Stream Tracker, we’re taking a look at Melvin Van Peebles’s incendiary debut Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) — a raw, underground road of resistance where a man on the run after saving a Black Panther from racist cops becomes the lightning rod for ghetto solidarity, outlaw allies and a furious escape from "the man." Part protest film, part grindhouse epic, its guerrilla energy and radical tone helped carve out a new space in Black and independent cinema even if it didn’t land mainstream awards; its influence and cult status speak louder than trophies. In this article, we’ll check whether you can stream Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video or Apple TV+, and how to find it when it turns up on those services.

Synopsis

A Black male sex worker risks everything to pull a Black Panther activist out of the hands of abusive, racist police, and suddenly finds himself a fugitive pursued by the authorities. With nowhere else to turn, he relies on the solidarity of his neighborhood and the unlikely protection of a group of disillusioned Hells Angels as they band together to keep him one step ahead of the law.

Release date

1971

Duration

1h 37min

Rating

Director

Melvin Van Peebles

Country

États-Unis

Genre(s)

Action, Crime, Drame

Cast

Simon Chuckster Melvin Van Peebles Hubert Scales Mario Van Peebles John Dullaghan John Amos Lavelle Roby