Baadasssss!
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Melvin Van Peebles stunned the world for the first time, with his debut feature, The Story of a Three Day Pass. Filmed in France and selected as the French entry in the San Francisco Film Festival, Melvin's film was awarded the top prize. Saying it was controversial would be an understatement. In 1968 for a black man to walk up to the podium and accept the top festival award for a film he had to go abroad to make--now that's how you make your mark. After his comedy, Watermelo... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Baadasssss!:

Mario Van Peebles
Joy Bryant
Khleo Thomas
T.K. Carter
Terry Crews
Ossie Davis

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Melvin Van Peebles stunned the world for the first time, with his debut feature, The Story of a Three Day Pass. Filmed in France and selected as the French entry in the San Francisco Film Festival, Melvin's film was awarded the top prize. Saying it was controversial would be an understatement. In 1968 for a black man to walk up to the podium and accept the top festival award for a film he had to go abroad to make--now that's how you make your mark. After his comedy, Watermelon Man, Melvin was determined to push the Hollywood boundaries with the groundbreaking, and even more controversial, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Turned down by every major studio including Columbia, where he had a three-picture deal, Melvin was forced to basically self-finance. Risking everything he had, Melvin delivered to the world the first Black Ghetto hero on the big screen--whether they were ready or not. More than 30 years later, history is being fashioned again in the telling of this very tale. Mario Van Peebles, Melvin's son, directs an honest and revealing portrait of his pioneering father. Mario now tells the story of the making of Melvin Van Peebles' landmark 1971 film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, including Melvin's struggles to raise money to fund the film under the guise of creating a black porno film. Melvin had ducked creditors, the unions and had to bail out his camera crew after they were arrested because a white cop decided a bunch of Negroes and hippies couldn't have come by that camera equipment honestly. Despite death threats and temporarily losing sight in one eye, Melvin somehow managed to whip into shape a rag-tag, multi-racial crew and finish the film that would give birth to birth of a new era which was about to explode: Independent Black Cinema.

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Baltimore Sun - 10/10 by Chris KaltenbachBaadasssss is about feeling pain and frustration, about having a sense of purpose that overwhelms everything else, about great cost and great risk, the pain of isolation and the intoxicating effect of fighting against the odds.
Denver Rocky Mountain News - 10/10 by Robert DenersteinFascinating, raw and full of the kind of crazy life we don't see enough of on screen.
Chicago Sun-Times - 10/10 by Roger EbertWhat's fascinating is the way Mario, working from his father's autobiography and his own memories, has somehow used his first-hand experience without being cornered by it.
FilmStew.com - 9/10 by Todd GilchristWhile he doesn't quite make the same sort of giant leap his father made, Mario takes a small step with an expertise and enthusiasm anyone could appreciate.
San Diego Union-Tribune - 9/10 by David ElliottMario has his dad down, and if the acting is often blatant, this does fit the original.
Contra Costa Times - 9/10 by Mary F. PolsMore competent and engaging than the film that inspired it, but it doesn't go much beyond replaying history.
Reel.com - 9/10 by Pam GradyThe love radiates off the screen in this cinematic valentine, as Mario pays moving tribute to the influential filmmaker he has the privilege of calling 'Dad.'
ReelTalk Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Diana SaengerThe funny and original 'Baadasssss!' is a boiling pot of politics, filmmaking and self-discovery.
Philadelphia Inquirer - 9/10 by Carrie RickeyA sobering and wildly entertaining account of how the elder Van Peebles crashed through the hurdles that continue to hinder independent filmmakers.
Kansas City Star - 9/10 by Robert W. ButlerIt's a riveting yarn about seat-of-the-pants moviemaking, populated with eccentric characters -- not the least of whom is Melvin.

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