Criterion Reflections – Episode 50 – Melvin Van Peebles’s SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG

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Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this third season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1971 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Brad McDermott, Mark Repp and Jason Beamish to discuss Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, directed by Melvin Van Peebles.

Episode Links:

Melvin Van Peebles

• Wikipedia
• BlackPast
• Directors Guild of America (video interview)
• Film School Rejects
• Red Bull Music Academy (2008 lecture)
• Third Man Books

Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song

• The New Yorker (1971)
• New York Times (1995)
• A Wasted Life
• Battle Royale With Cheese
• BFI
• Blu-ray.com
• Electric Sheep
• Ferdy on Film
• Film Ruminations
• Film Threat
• Mugambi Nthiga
• Not Coming to a Theater Near You
• Slant
• UDiscoverMusic (includes soundtrack)
• Viddy Well

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• Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
• The Eclipse Viewer
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

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• Mark Repp [ Letterboxd ]
• Jason Beamish [ Film Ruminations / Twitter ]