Baadasssss!

Baadasssss!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMario Van Peebles
Written byMario Van Peebles
Dennis Haggerty
Based onSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: A Guerilla Filmmaking Manifesto
by Melvin Van Peebles
Produced byMario Van Peebles
StarringMario Van Peebles
David Alan Grier
Nia Long
Rainn Wilson
Terry Crews
CinematographyRobert Primes
Edited byAnthony Miller
Nneka Goforth
Music byTyler Bates
Production
companies
Bad Aaas Cinema
MVP Films
Showtime Independent Films
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • September 7, 2003 (2003-09-07) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • May 28, 2004 (2004-05-28)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ 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.