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 an unidentified man sitting on a motorcycle. Facing the camera, he wears a fringe jacket and cowboy hat as he holds a cigarette between his index and middle fingers. Two individuals on his left and right are also partially visible in the shot.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2012.82.10.85
