Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
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 Melvin Van Peebles, as Sweetback, lying down. He wears a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, and matching vest. Numerous bikers and their motorcycles can be seen around him.
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Catalog reference: 2012.82.10.73