Film poster for Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An original, collaged poster design for the film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" consisting of various printed elements that have been cut out and arranged together. The poster features a color photograph of Melvin Van Peebles as the title character. Above the photograph, in large black text is the title [SWEET SWEETBACK'S / BAADASSSSS SONG]. Beneath the portrait of Van Peebles are black and white images of other characters and scenes from the film arranged together, with the top edge cut out and overlaid to slightly overlap the photograph above. Arranged in a row beneath the collage of images are three photocopied film stills, with thick back rectangular borders . Along the bottom is a black rectangle with three text elements inside. At left is another rectangular with [Music by / EARTH, WIND AND FIRE]. At center are three lines of printed text, cut out and adhered to a backing with an irregular border.

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