Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Museum Object and Cultural History
Slide from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Date: 1971. Created by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
The object in the museum catalogue
A photographic slide of a scene from the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. It features an image of two men, portraying detectives, interrogating a naked woman. One of the detectives wears suspenders and stands in a doorway. The other detective holds the woman's neck with his proper left hand as he points a gun at her with his other hand.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1971
- Created by: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Type: slides (photographs)
- Medium: reversal film
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 × 2 × 1/16 in. (5.1 × 5.1 × 0.2 cm)
- Place captured: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Blaxploitation films
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Independent films
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Police brutality
- Topic: Sexuality
- Object number: 2012.82.10.106
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Melvin Van Peebles Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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