Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

In this 1971 blaxploitation action thriller, Melvin Van Peebles stars as a black male prostitute who goes on the run from "the man" after saving a Black Panther from racist cops. With the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels, Sweetback evades police brutality, corrupt cops, and a hail of bullets in a desperate bid for survival and freedom. As he navigates the mean streets of Los Angeles and the lawless borderlands of Mexico, Sweetback becomes an unlikely revolutionary icon, inspiring a generation of activists and filmmakers with his unapologetic defiance and unyielding spirit.