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In the year-long series Sounds Of Blaxploitation, Craig D. Lindsey plays the hits that defined a genre, drawing connections between the music of the moment and the films that gave it a platform. With ...

In 1971, filmmaker-musician-dramatist-commodities trader Melvin Van Peebles launched a movie revolution with his über-low-budget, highly political indie flick, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.

In 1971, Melvin Van Peebles' "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" became the top-grossing independent film of the year. "Baadasssss," the story of the making of that film, is not only a labor-of-love ...

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