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Mario Van Peebles plays his own father in this account of how Melvin Van Peebles hustled, lied, and broke every rule to make the revolutionary Sweet Sweetback.
Why watch: Mario Van Peebles plays his own father making the film that launched blaxploitation.
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Cast
Mario Van Peebles as Melvin Van Peebles
Joy Bryant as Priscilla
Khleo Thomas as Mario
T.K. Carter as Bill Cosby
Terry Crews as Big T
Ossie Davis as Granddad
David Alan Grier as Clyde Houston
Nia Long as Sandra
Paul Rodríguez as Jose Garcia
Saul Rubinek as Howard Kaufman
Rainn Wilson as Bill Harris
Don Dowe as Officer
John Singleton as Detroit J
Vincent Schiavelli as Jerry
Karimah Westbrook as Ginnie
Crew
Mario Van Peebles — Director
Dennis Haggerty — Screenplay
Melvin Van Peebles — Book
Mario Van Peebles — Screenplay
G. Marq Roswell — Co-Producer
Jerry Offsay — Executive Producer
Mario Van Peebles — Producer
Tal Vigderson — Co-Producer
Michael Mann — Executive Producer
Amy McIntyre Britt — Casting
Anya Colloff — Casting
Robert Primes — Director of Photography
Nneka Goforth — Editor
Anthony Miller — Editor
Alan E. Muraoka — Production Design
Jorge Borrelli — Art Direction
Kara Saun — Costume Design
Tyler Bates — Original Music Composer
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