Transcript: Profile: Mario Van Peebles makes a movie about the making of his father Melvin Van Peebles' movie "Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song"

MADELEINE BRAND
NPR Special
05-28-2004
Profile: Mario Van Peebles makes a movie about the making of his father Melvin Van Peebles' movie "Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song"

Host: MADELEINE BRAND
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM

MADELEINE BRAND, host:

This is DAY TO DAY. I'm Madeleine Brand.

In 1971, a new movie became an underground sensation.

(Soundbite from "Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song")

Unidentified Man #1: So they was cooking up drugs. How many brothers have you whipped? How many sisters have you sell? Life is tough, baby, a real struggle, from the womb to the tomb.

BRAND: Melvin Van Peebles' independent film "Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song" shocked conventional moviegoers, but ...

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