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 from the set of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. It features an image of Melvin Van Peebles dressed as Sweetback. Van Peebles is seen in the middle of the image wearing a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, and a vest. Several bikers can be seen to his right. Two motorbikes are prominently featured in the foreground, one of which has a biker seated on it.
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Catalog reference: 2012.82.10.50