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Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

1971

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A photographic slide of a scene from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. It features an image of three men standing on a balcony. One of the men is dressed as a police officer and leans against a wall. Another man, portraying a detective, wears long pants and suspenders. His back is turned to the camera as he faces the third man, who wears a suit and tie.

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Catalog reference: 2012.82.10.103

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