Overview

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.

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Cast

Mario Van Peebles

Joy Bryant

Khleo Thomas

T.K. Carter

Terry Crews

Ossie Davis

David Alan Grier

Nia Long

Paul Rodríguez

Saul Rubinek