5. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Starring: Melvin Van Peebles, Mario Van Peebles (1971)

A gigolo with a magical penis runs from the police after being set up for a murder he didn't commit. Sweetback was the Big Bang of blaxploitation—a revolutionary independent movie that showed Hollywood that bad-ass, political black cinema could make bank. It also made the Van Peebles family forever unfuckwittable, so don't even think about bringing up Sonny Spoon.

JIVE TALK "This is a film for all the Brothers and Sisters who have had enough of the Man."
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Branch Rickey Sat, October 03, 2009, 01:05:04
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This has to be in the Top 3.......

A movie where the Brotha actually gets away.....independent films at its best....Hollywood learned from Melvin how to use a modern day movie soundtrack....the list goes on....
@N_C_B Thu, October 01, 2009, 15:22:29
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This movie is a beautiful mess that will leave you scratching your head and hating the man. And the soundtrack, which inspired Black Bastards, is second to none.