Criterion Reflections – Episode 50 – Melvin Van Peebles’s SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG

David is joined by Jason Beamish and first-time guests Brad McDermott and Mark Repp to discuss this "blaxploitation classic", originally issued on Laserdisc by Criterion in 1997.

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this third season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1971 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Brad McDermott, Mark Repp and Jason Beamish to discuss Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, directed by Melvin Van Peebles.

Wikipedia
BlackPast
Directors Guild of America (video interview)
Film School Rejects
Red Bull Music Academy (2008 lecture)
Third Man Books

Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song

The New Yorker (1971)
New York Times (1995)
A Wasted Life
Battle Royale With Cheese
BFI
Blu-ray.com
Electric Sheep
Ferdy on Film
Film Ruminations
Film Threat
Mugambi Nthiga
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Slant
UDiscoverMusic (includes soundtrack)
Viddy Well

Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
The Eclipse Viewer
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

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