| Baadasssss! | |
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| Directed by | Mario Van Peebles |
| Written by | Mario Van Peebles Dennis Haggerty |
| Based on | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: A Guerilla Filmmaking Manifesto by Melvin Van Peebles |
| Produced by | Mario Van Peebles |
| Starring | Mario Van Peebles David Alan Grier Nia Long Rainn Wilson Terry Crews |
| Cinematography | Robert Primes |
| Edited by | Anthony Miller Nneka Goforth |
| Music by | Tyler Bates |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $365,727[1] |
Baadasssss! is a 2003 American biographical drama film, written, produced, directed by, and starring Mario Van Peebles. The film is based on the struggles of Van Peebles' father Melvin Van Peebles (played by Mario himself), as he attempts to film and distribute Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, a film that was widely credited with showing Hollywood that a viable African-American audience existed, and thus influencing the creation of the blaxploitation genre. The film also stars Joy Bryant, Nia Long, Ossie Davis, Paul Rodriguez, Rainn Wilson, and Terry Crews.
- ^ Baadasssss!, Release Date: May 28, 2004 Archived June 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Total Domestic Gross, Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on January 5, 2016.