MELVIN VAN PEEBLES | USA | 1970 | 100 MIN | R | ENGLISH
Melvin Van Peebles created one of the most audacious studio films of the time about a bigoted, loudmouth white man in an ironic predicament when he wakes up to find he’s transformed into a Black man.
Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine
Part of the Philadelphia Film Society’s Van Peebles – American Baadasssss series.
The cigar-chomping iconoclast that kickstarted a cinematic revolution is revisited through his art-house debut, transgressive studio hit, and one earth-shattering, wild indie classic. Plus a bonus screening of his own son’s biopic surrounding the creation of SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG.
Part of the Philadelphia Film Society’s FILM ESSENTIALS series.
With Film Essentials at the Philadelphia Film Center, PFS is giving audiences the chance to experience some of cinema’s greatest treasures as they were meant to be seen: on the biggest screen in Center City!